もし彼のすすめに従っていたら、会社に一銭もなくなっていたかもしれません。

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English Translation

The firm might have lost all its money if it had taken his advice.

Furigana

もし彼(かれ)のすすめに従(したが)っていたら、会社(かいしゃ)に一(いち)銭(せん)もなくなっていたかもしれません。

Romanji

Moshi kare no susume ni shitagatteitara, kaisha ni ichi sen mo nakunatteita kamo shiremasen.

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

勧め (すすめ)

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

従う (したがう)

to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

銭 (せん)

hundredth of a yen; coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

無くなる (なくなる)

to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to be reduced to zero; to not occur any more; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe