もしもあなたの忠告がなかったならば、私は事業で失敗していたでしょう。

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English Translation

If it had not been for your advice, I would have failed in my business.

Furigana

もしもあなたの忠告(ちゅうこく)がなかったならば、私(わたし)は事業(じぎょう)で失敗(しっぱい)していたでしょう。

Romanji

Moshimo anata no chūkoku ga nakatta naraba, watashi wa jigyō de shippaishiteita deshō.

Words

若しも (もしも)

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

忠告 (ちゅうこく)

advice; warning

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 ...

だ (だ)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

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.

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

デス (デス)

death