私の兄の助けがなかったら、私は溺れ死んでいたであろう。

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English Translation

But for my brother's help, I would have been drowned.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)の助(たす)けがなかったら、私(わたし)は溺(おぼ)れ死(し)んでいたであろう。

Romanji

Watashi no ani no tasuke ga nakattara, watashi wa obore shindeita de arou.

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

助け (たすけ)

assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement

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 ...

は (は)

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

溺れる (おぼれる)

to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water); to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...