彼は重傷を負っていたけれども、何とか電話までたどりつくことができた。

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English Translation

Though seriously injured, he managed to get to a telephone.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は重傷(じゅうしょう)を負(お)っていたけれども、何(なん)とか電話(でんわ)までたどりつくことができた。

Romanji

Kare wa jūshō o otteita keredomo, nantoka denwa made tadoritsuku koto ga dekita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

重傷 (じゅうしょう、おもで)

serious wound; serious injury

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.

負う (おう)

to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to be injured; to owe

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

たどり着く (たどりつく)

to struggle on to; to arrive somewhere after a struggle; to grope along to; to barely manage to reach; to finally arrive at; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)

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