私たちは今の賃金では食べてゆけない。

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私たちは今の賃金では食べてゆけない。

English Translation

We cannot earn our bread with the present wages.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは今(いま)の賃金(ちんぎん)では食(た)べてゆけない。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa ima no chingin de wa tabete yukenai.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

賃金 (ちんぎん、ちんきん)

wages; cash payment of rent

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on