助けてやりたいとは思うが、自分ではどうしようもなかった。

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English Translation

I wanted to help, but there was nothing I could do.

Furigana

助(たす)けてやりたいとは思(おも)うが、自分(じぶん)ではどうしようもなかった。

Romanji

Tasuketeyaritai to wa omou ga, jibun de wa dō shiyō mo nakatta.

Words

助ける (たすける)

to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

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

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

が (が)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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.

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

私用 (しよう)

personal use; private business

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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 ...

Kanji

助

Readings: ジョ、たす.ける、たす.かる、す.ける、すけ

Meanings: help, rescue, assist

思

Readings: シ、おも.う、おもえら.く、おぼ.す

Meaning: think

自

Readings: ジ、シ、みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

分

Readings: ブン、フン、ブ、わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100