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My income falls short of my expenditure by five hundred pounds.
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Vocabulary list

watashi
pronoun
  1. I; me (slightly formal or feminine)
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
shuunyuu
noun
  1. income; receipts; revenue
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
shishutsu
noun, suru verb
  1. expenditure; disbursement; expenses
ni
particle
  1. at (place, time); in; on; during
  2. to (direction, state); toward; into
  3. for (purpose)
  4. because of (reason); for; with
  5. by; from
  6. as (i.e. in the role of)
  7. per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month")
  8. and; in addition to
  9. if; although
kuraberu

te-form

kurabete
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to compare; to make a comparison
  2. to compete; to vie
gohyaku
numeric
  1. 500; five hundred
noun
  1. many
pondo
noun
  1. pound (unit of weight) (also written as 听, 封度, 英斤, 英听)
  2. pound (currency); pound sterling (also written as 磅)
  3. pond
tariru

Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

tarinai
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be sufficient; to be enough
  2. to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve (in the form に足りる after a verb)
  3. to do (the job); to serve; to answer

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