私の忠告がなかったら、彼は破滅していただろう。

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English Translation

But for my advice he would have been ruined.

Furigana

私(わたし)の忠告(ちゅうこく)がなかったら、彼(かれ)は破滅(はめつ)していただろう。

Romanji

Watashi no chūkoku ga nakattara, kare wa hametsushiteita darou.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

忠告 (ちゅうこく)

advice; warning

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

破滅 (はめつ)

ruin; destruction; fall

だ (だ)

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