彼が医者の言うことを聞いていたら、今でも生きていたかもしれないのだが。

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English Translation

If he had taken his doctor's advice, he might still be alive.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が医者(いしゃ)の言(い)うことを聞(き)いていたら、今(いま)でも生(い)きていたかもしれないのだが。

Romanji

Kare ga isha no iu koto o kiiteitara, ima demo ikiteita kamo shirenai no da ga.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

だ (だ)

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