私たちは生命の危険を失うおそれがあった。

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私たち 生命 危険 失う それ あった

English Translation

We were in danger of losing our lives.

Furigana

(わたし)たちは生命(せいめい)危険(きけん)(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
生命 (せいめい)
life; existence
()
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
()
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
(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
()
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

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
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
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Readings: キ、 あぶ.ない、 あや.うい、 あや.ぶむ
Meanings: dangerous, fear, uneasy
Readings: ケン、 けわ.しい
Meanings: precipitous, inaccessible place, impregnable position, steep place, sharp eyes
Readings: シツ、 うしな.う、 う.せる
Meanings: lose, error, fault, disadvantage, loss