私は虎を狙って発砲したが、撃ち損なった。

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English Translation

I aimed at the tiger and fired, but missed him.

Furigana

私(わたし)は虎(とら)を狙(ねら)って発砲(はっぽう)したが、撃(う)ち損(そこ)なった。

Romanji

Watashi wa tora o neratte happōshita ga, uchi sokonatta.

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

虎 (とら、トラ)

tiger (Panthera tigris); drunkard; drunk; sot

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.

狙う (ねらう)

to aim at

発砲 (はっぽう)

firing; discharge of gun

が (が)

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

撃つ (うつ)

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy; to avenge

損なう (そこなう)

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to fail in doing