アメリカ人が事件に対して影響力をもっと持っていなかったならば、戦争はたぶん避けられたかも知れない。

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あめりか人が事件に対して影響力をもっと持っていなかったならば、戦争はたぶん避けられたかも知れない。

English Translation

If the Americans had had less influence on affairs, war might well have been avoided.

Furigana

アメリカ人(じん)が事件(じけん)に対(たい)して影響力(えいきょうりょく)をもっと持(も)っていなかったならば、戦争(せんそう)はたぶん避(さ)けられたかも知(し)れない。

Romanji

Amerikajin ga jiken nitaishite eikyōryoku o motto motteinakatta naraba, sensō wa tabun sakerareta kamo shirenai.

Words

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

が (が)

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

事件 (じけん)

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble; scandal

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

影響力 (えいきょうりょく)

influence; clout

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.

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

だ (だ)

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

戦争 (せんそう)

war

は (は)

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

多分 (たぶん)

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much; great

避ける (さける、よける)

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert

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