魚の骨がつかえて息が詰まりそうだった。

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魚の骨がつかえて息が詰まりそうだった。

English Translation

I nearly choked on a fishbone.

Furigana

魚(さかな)の骨(ほね)がつかえて息(いき)が詰(つ)まりそうだった。

Romanji

Sakana no hone ga tsukaete iki ga tsumarisō datta.

Words

魚 (さかな、うお)

fish

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

骨 (ほね)

bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit; fortitude; laborious; troublesome; difficult

が (が)

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

閊える (つかえる、つっかえる)

to stick; to get stuck; to get caught; to get jammed; to clog; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be occupied; to be full; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech); to stumble (over one's words); to stutter; to stammer; to feel blocked (of one's chest or throat, due to grief, anxiety, illness, etc.); to feel pressure; to feel pain

息 (いき、おき)

breath; breathing; tone; mood

だ (だ)

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