迷子の少年は救助隊が来るまで何とかがんばった。

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English Translation

The lost boy held out until the rescue team came.

Furigana

迷子(まいご)の少年(しょうねん)は救助隊(きゅうじょたい)が来(く)るまで何(なん)とかがんばった。

Romanji

Maigo no shōnen wa kyūjotai ga kuru made nantoka ganbatta.

Words

迷子 (まいご)

lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child

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

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

救助隊 (きゅうじょたい)

rescue team or party

が (が)

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

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

何とか (なんとか)

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

頑張る (がんばる)

to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge