僕の片言の英語がなんとか通じたのでほっとしました。

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English Translation

I was relieved that I could make my broken English understood.

Furigana

僕(ぼく)の片言(かたこと)の英語(えいご)がなんとか通(つう)じたのでほっとしました。

Romanji

Boku no katakoto no eigo ga nantoka tsūjita node hotto shimashita.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

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

片言 (かたこと、カタコト)

prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering

英語 (えいご)

English (language)

が (が)

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

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

通じる (つうじる)

to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to communicate (with); to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to get through to; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored; to be good; to be well versed in; to be well-informed; to communicate clandestinely; to keep in touch (e.g. with the enemy); to form a liaison; to be intimate; to spread widely; to disseminate

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

ほっと (ほっと)

feeling relieved; (sigh of) relief

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to