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Saying they could not support both a wife and an airplane, the two brothers therefore spent their lives as bachelors.
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kyoudai
noun
  1. siblings; brothers and sisters
  2. brothers
  3. siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law
  4. mate; friend
tomo
particle
  1. certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
  2. even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although (usu. with volitional verb or adj. stem)
  3. without even; without so much as (with neg. verb)
  4. at the (least, earliest, etc.) (after an adverb)
expression
  1. also (called); also as
particle
  1. well (sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と)
tsuma
noun
  1. wife
  2. my dear; dear; honey
  3. garnish (esp. one served with sashimi)
  4. embellishment
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
hikouki
noun
  1. aeroplane; airplane; aircraft
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
ryouhou
noun, no adjective
  1. both; both sides; both parties
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
yashinau

Potential Plain Present Indicative Negative Form

yashinaenai
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to support; to maintain; to provide for
  2. to bring up; to raise; to rear; to feed
  3. to adopt (a child)
  4. to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.); to develop; to build up; to foster
  5. to recuperate (from injury, illness, etc.)
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
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
riyuu
noun
  1. reason; pretext; motive
de
particle
  1. at; in (indicates location of action; にて is the formal literary form)
  2. at; when (indicates time of action)
  3. by; with (indicates means of action)
conjunction
  1. and then; so
auxiliary
  1. and; then (indicates continuing action; alternative form of 〜て used for some verb types)
particle
  1. let me tell you; don't you know (at sentence-end; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.)
shougai
noun
  1. life; lifetime; career
noun, adverb
  1. for life; all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives
dokushin
noun, no adjective
  1. bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
wo
particle
  1. indicates direct object of action
  2. indicates subject of causative expression
  3. indicates an area traversed
  4. indicates time (period) over which action takes place
  5. indicates point of departure or separation of action
  6. indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
toosu

Plain Past Indicative Form

tooshita
godan verb, transitive verb
  1. to stick through; to force through
  2. to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse
  3. to make a path between two points
  4. to proceed in a logical manner
  5. to let pass; to allow through
  6. to lead (someone) into (a house, room, etc.); to show in
  7. to go through (a middleman)
  8. to (look, listen) through (a window, wall, etc.)
  9. to pass (a law, applicant, etc.)
  10. to force to accept; to force agreement
  11. to continue (in a state); to persist in
  12. to do to the entirety of; to cover all of; to span the whole ...
  13. to do from beginning to end without a break (in the form とおして…する)
  14. to convey (one's ideas, etc.) to the other party
  15. to do to the end; to carry through; to complete (after the -te form of a verb)

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