ひとりでその仕事をやりとげることができないから、彼は援助を求めて私をたよった。

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English Translation

Unable to accomplish the task by himself, he turned to me for help.

Furigana

ひとりでその仕事(しごと)をやりとげることができないから、彼(かれ)は援助(えんじょ)を求(もと)めて私(わたし)をたよった。

Romanji

Hitori de sono shigoto o yaritogeru koto ga dekinai kara, kare wa enjo o motomete watashi o tayotta.

Words

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

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.

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

やり遂げる (やりとげる)

to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

援助 (えんじょ)

assistance; aid; support

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

頼る (たよる)

to rely on; to have recourse to; to depend on