私は禁酒を誓ったが、結局次の週からまた飲み始めた。

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English Translation

I swore off drinking only to start again the next week.

Furigana

私(わたし)は禁酒(きんしゅ)を誓(ちか)ったが、結局次(けっきょくじ)の週(しゅう)からまた飲(の)み始(はじ)めた。

Romanji

Watashi wa kinshu o chikatta ga, kekkyokuji no shū kara mata nomihajimeta.

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

禁酒 (きんしゅ)

prohibition; temperance; abstinence

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.

誓う (ちかう)

to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge

が (が)

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

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

週 (しゅう)

week

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

飲む (のむ)

to drink; to gulp; to swallow; to take (medicine); to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress; to accept (e.g. demand, condition); to make light of; to conceal