もし父親の援助がなかったら、彼は事業に失敗していただろう。
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English Translation
If it had not been for his father's help, he would have failed in business.
Furigana
もし父親 の援助 がなかったら、彼 は事業 に失敗 していただろう。
Romanji
Moshi chichioya no enjo ga nakattara, kare wa jigyō ni shippaishiteita darou.
Words
若し
(もし)
if; in case; supposing
父親
(ちちおや)
father
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
援助
(えんじょ)
assistance; aid; support
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
無い
(ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
彼
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
事業
(じぎょう、ことわざ)
project; enterprise; business; industry; operations; venture; service; act; deed; conduct
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
失敗
(しっぱい)
failure; mistake; blunder
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
Kanji
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Reading: エン
Meanings: abet, help, save
Readings: ジョ、 たす.ける、 たす.かる、 す.ける、 すけ
Meanings: help, rescue, assist
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss
Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる
Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal