もし彼のタイムリーヒットがなかったら、私たちのチームは試合に負けていただろう。

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English Translation

If it had not been for his timely hit, our team would have lost the game.

Furigana

もし彼(かれ)のタイムリーヒットがなかったら、私(わたし)たちのチームは試合(しあい)に負(ま)けていただろう。

Romanji

Moshi kare no taimuri-hitto ga nakattara, watashitachi no chi-mu wa shiai ni maketeita darou.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

タイムリーヒット (タイムリーヒット、タイムリヒット、タイムリー・ヒット、タイムリ・ヒット)

clutch hit; run-scoring hit; RBI hit

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 ...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

は (は)

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

試合 (しあい)

match; game; bout; contest

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

負ける (まける)

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.); to reduce the price; to lower the price; to give a discount on

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative