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すこ
きゅうりょう
給料
やりくりして
らしていく
むずか
しい
かれ
おも
った

He found difficulty in making ends meet on his small salary.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
2
adverb, noun
1. small quantity; little; few; something
2. little while
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1
noun
salary; wages
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2
making do; getting by (somehow); managing  (often written with kana only)
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0
Most common form: 暮す
'su' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to live; to get along
2. to spend (time)
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4
1. difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.)
2. fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased
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1
pronoun
1. he; him
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2
'u' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to think; to consider; to believe  (想う has connotations of heart-felt)
2. to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
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Kanji
ショウ   すこ a little   すくない few   
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ショウ   こ-    お-    ちいさい small   
キュウ    supply   
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シ   いと thread   
ゴウ   ガッ   カッ   あ to fit, come together   あわす to match   あわせる to unite, join   
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assembly, gathering   
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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リョウ    fee   
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ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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eight
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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stick   
ト    Big Dipper   
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ジュウ   ジッ   と    とお ten   
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dot   
ボ   くれる to get dark   くらす to make a living   
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ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
バク   ボ   マク   モ    must not   
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grass   
ナン   むずかしい difficult   かた hard   
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the husband with the grass mouth
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フ   フウ   おっと husband   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
little bird
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ヒ   かれ he   
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step
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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cliff
また again   
シ   おも to think   
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シン   こころ heart   
デン   た rice field   
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