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The family is too poor to pay back the debts.
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Vocabulary list

sono
pre-noun adjectival
  1. that; the (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener)
  2. part (as in "part two") (preceding a number)
interjection
  1. um ...; er ...; uh ...
kazoku
noun, no adjective
  1. family; members of a family
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
mazushii
i adjective
  1. poor; needy
  2. lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
node
particle
  1. that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
shakkin
noun, suru verb
  1. debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
ga
particle
  1. indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
  2. indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)
conjunction
  1. but; however; still; and
  2. regardless of; whether (or not) (after the volitional form of a verb)
kaesu

Potential Polite Present Indicative Negative Form

kaesemasen
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to return (something); to restore; to put back (esp. 返す)
  2. to turn over; to turn upside down; to overturn
  3. to pay back; to retaliate; to reciprocate (esp. 返す)
  4. to respond (with); to retort; to reply; to say back
auxiliary verb, godan verb
  1. to do ... back (e.g. speak back, throw back) (after the -masu stem of a verb)
  2. to do again; to do repeatedly (after the -masu stem of a verb)

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