This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

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

あなたが助けてくれなかったら私はおぼれていたことでしょう。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 助けてくれなかったら おぼれていた こと でしょう

English Translation

If it had not been for your help, I should have drowned.

Furigana

あなたが(たす)けてくれなかったら(わたし)はおぼれていたことでしょう。

Romanji

Anata ga tasuketekurenakattara watashi wa oboreteita koto deshō.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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
(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
溺れる (おぼれる)
to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water); to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in
(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
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: ジョ、 たす.ける、 たす.かる、 す.ける、 すけ
Meanings: help, rescue, assist
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me