現在は彼らが望むのは頭の上の屋根（家）だけである。

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English Translation

Now all they want is a roof over their heads.

Furigana

現在(げんざい)は彼(かれ)らが望(のぞ)むのは頭(あたま)の上(うえ)の屋根(やね)（家(いえ)）だけである。

Romanji

Genzai wa karera ga nozomu no wa atama no ue no yane ie dake de aru.

Words

現在 (げんざい)

now; current; present; present time; as of

は (は)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

が (が)

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

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

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

頭 (あたま、かしら)

head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

屋根 (やね)

roof

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...