えりこは食事もとらずに長い間、一生懸命働いたので、倒れるのではないかと思った。

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English Translation

Eriko worked so long and so hard, without stopping to eat, that I feared she would faint.

Furigana

えりこは食事(しょくじ)もとらずに長(なが)い間(ま)、一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)働(はたら)いたので、倒(たお)れるのではないかと思(おも)った。

Romanji

E Riko wa shokuji mo torazu ni nagai ma, isshōkenmei hataraita node, taoreru no de wa nai ka to omotta.

Words

え (え)

eh?; what?; oh?; yes; that's correct; strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; used when calling out to someone

利己 (りこ)

self-interest

は (は)

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

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

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

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

一生懸命 (いっしょうけんめい)

very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

倒れる (たおれる)

to fall; to collapse; to drop; to fall senseless; to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.); to die; to go bankrupt; to be ruined; to have a bad debt; to be defeated (in a game); to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.)

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

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と (と)

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

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