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shiawase wa okane de kaenai.

幸しあわせ は お金かね で 買かえない。shiawase wa okane de kaenai.
Happiness can't be bought with money.
From Lesson 385:Vocabulary expansion 48·Japanese

Breakdown of shiawase wa okane de kaenai.

はwa
topic particle
買かうkau
to buy
でde
location particle (for events and actions)
(お)金かね(o)kane
money
幸しあわせshiawase
happiness
〜える; 〜られる〜eru; 〜rareru
potential form

For verbs in Group 1, change the final う-sound into an え-sound, and add -る as ending.

For verbs in Group 2, change the -る ending into -られる.

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