もし彼の助言がなかったならば、私は失敗していただろう。

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English Translation

If it had not been for his advice, I might have failed.

Furigana

もし彼(かれ)の助言(じょげん)がなかったならば、私(わたし)は失敗(しっぱい)していただろう。

Romanji

Moshi kare no jogen ga nakatta naraba, watashi wa shippaishiteita darou.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

助言 (じょげん、じょごん)

advice; suggestion

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

だ (だ)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder