How to say when he was young, he was so poor that he virtually had to live on gruel. in Japanese
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若い若い(wakai) (adj-i) youngときとき(toki) (n) regular jouetsu-line shinkansenはは(ha) (int) indicating a subject/yes/indeed/well/ha!/what?/huh?/sigh貧乏貧乏(binbou) (adj-na,n) poverty/destitute/poorでで(de) (prt) indicates location of action/at/in/indicates time of action/indicates means of action/cause of effect/by/and then/so/indicates continuing action/ indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.かゆかゆ(kayu) (n) thin rice porridge/watery cooked rice/rice gruelをを(wo) (prt) indicates direct object of action/indicates subject of causative expression/indicates an area traversed/indicates time over which action takes place/indicates point of departure or separation of action/indicates object of desire, like, hate,すすってno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verbno dictionary result, likely a conjigated verb暮らし暮らし(kurashi) (n,n-suf) life/living/livelihood/life circumstancesたた(ta) (aux-v) indicate past completed or action/indicates light imperative。。(。) Japanese period "."
