彼は小さな男の子が溺れて死にかけているのを助けてやった。

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English Translation

He saved a little boy from drowning.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は小(ちい)さな男(おとこ)の子(こ)が溺(おぼ)れて死(し)にかけているのを助(たす)けてやった。

Romanji

Kare wa chiisana otokonoko ga oborete shinikaketeiru no o tasuketeyatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

男の子 (おとこのこ、おとこのコ)

boy; male child; baby boy

が (が)

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

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

死に掛ける (しにかける)

to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death

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

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.

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