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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

もう1歩進んでいれば、私はがけから落ちていただろう。

Sentence Analyzer

もう 進んでいれば がけ から 落ちていた だろう

English Translation

One more step, and I would have fallen off the cliff.

Furigana

もう1()(すす)んでいれば、(わたし)はがけから()ちていただろう。

Romanji

Mō ichi ho susundeireba, watashi wa gake kara ochiteita darou.

Words

もう (もう)
now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
()
step; stride; counter for steps
荒む (すさむ)
to grow wild; to run to waste
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
掛け (がけ)
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
落ちる (おちる)
to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze); to be used in a certain place (e.g. money); to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class); to lose (contest, election, etc.); to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind; to become indecent (of a conversation); to be ruined; to go under; to fade; to come out (e.g. a stain); to come off (e.g. makeup); to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list); to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession; to fall (into a trap); to fall (for a trick); to give in; to give up; to confess; to flee; to fall; to be defeated; to surrender; to come to (in the end); to end in; to fall (in love, asleep, etc.); to swoon (judo); to consent; to understand; to crash; to freeze; to die; to move to the depths
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ホ、 ブ、 フ、 ある.く、 あゆ.む
Meanings: walk, counter for steps
Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める
Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす
Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet