もし彼がもっと一所懸命に働いていたならば、彼は今では金持ちかもしれないのだが。

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English Translation

If he had worked harder, he might be a rich man now.

Furigana

もし彼(かれ)がもっと一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)に働(はたら)いていたならば、彼(かれ)は今(いま)では金持(かねも)ちかもしれないのだが。

Romanji

Moshi kare ga motto isshokenmei ni hataraiteita naraba, kare wa ima de wa kanemochi kamo shirenai no da ga.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

一所懸命 (いっしょけんめい)

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place; sticking at living in one place

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

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

で (で、にて)

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.

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

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