私が結婚するまで母親を生かしておきたかった。

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English Translation

I had hoped that my mother would live until I got married.

Furigana

私(わたし)が結婚(けっこん)するまで母親(ははおや)を生(い)かしておきたかった。

Romanji

Watashi ga kekkonsuru made hahaoya o ikashiteokitakatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

母親 (ははおや)

mother

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.

生かす (いかす)

to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc); to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate