私は妹が暴走族のリーダーと付き合うのを思いとどまらせた。

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English Translation

I discouraged my sister from going out with the leader of the pack.

Furigana

私(わたし)は妹(いもうと)が暴走族(ぼうそうぞく)のリーダーと付(つ)き合(あ)うのを思(おも)いとどまらせた。

Romanji

Watashi wa imōto ga bōsōzoku no ri-da- to tsukiau no o omoitodomaraseta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

妹 (いもうと)

younger sister

が (が)

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

暴走族 (ぼうそうぞく)

club of rabble-rousing reckless-driving delinquents; biker gang; group of hot rodders

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

リーダー (リーダー、リーダ)

leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing); leaders; ellipsis mark

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

付き合う (つきあう)

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise

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.

思いとどまる (おもいとどまる)

to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)