死んだ父が残した骨董類は、どれも二足三文のガラクタに過ぎなかった。

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English Translation

The antiques my father left when he died turned out to be nothing but worthless junk.

Furigana

死(し)んだ父(ちち)が残(のこ)した骨董類(こっとうるい)は、どれも二(に)足(そく)三(さん)文(ぶん)のガラクタに過(す)ぎなかった。

Romanji

Shinda chichi ga nokoshita kottōrui wa, dore mo ni soku san bun no garakuta ni suginakatta.

Words

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

残す (のこす)

to leave (behind, over); to bequeath; to save; to reserve

は (は)

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

何れ (どれ)

which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

足 (そく)

counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

文 (ぶん)

sentence; composition; text; writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

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

我楽多 (がらくた、ガラクタ)

junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...