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もし君の助けがなかったら、父は失敗しただろう。

Sentence Analyzer

もし 助け なかったら 失敗した だろう

English Translation

If it had not been for your help, my father would have failed.

Furigana

もし(きみ)(たす)けがなかったら、(ちち)失敗(しっぱい)しただろう。

Romanji

Moshi kimi no tasuke ga nakattara, chichi wa shippaishita darou.

Words

若し (もし)
if; in case; supposing
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
()
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
助け (たすけ)
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
()
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 ...
(ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
失敗 (しっぱい)
failure; mistake; blunder
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: ジョ、 たす.ける、 たす.かる、 す.ける、 すけ
Meanings: help, rescue, assist
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
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