わずかながら私の受けた指導を私は若者に負っている。

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English Translation

What little guidance I had I owe to a young man.

Furigana

わずかながら私(わたし)の受(う)けた指導(しどう)を私(わたし)は若者(わかもの)に負(お)っている。

Romanji

Wazuka nagara watashi no uketa shidō o watashi wa wakamono ni otteiru.

Words

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

指導 (しどう)

leadership; guidance; coaching; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

若者 (わかもの)

young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

負う (おう)

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to be injured; to owe