私たちは生命の危険を失うおそれがあった。

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English Translation

We were in danger of losing our lives.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは生命(せいめい)の危険(きけん)を失(うしな)うおそれがあった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa seimei no kiken o ushinau o sore ga atta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

生命 (せいめい)

life; existence

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

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

命

Readings: メイ、ミョウ、いのち

Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

危

Readings: キ、あぶ.ない、あや.うい、あや.ぶむ

Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy

険

Readings: ケン、けわ.しい

Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes

失

Readings: シツ、うしな.う、う.せる

Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss