私にも浮き沈みがありましたが、常にどうにか落ち着きを取り戻すようにしてきました。

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English Translation

I've had my ups and downs, but I've always managed to pull myself together.

Furigana

私(わたし)にも浮(う)き沈(しず)みがありましたが、常(つね)にどうにか落(お)ち着(つ)きを取(と)り戻(もど)すようにしてきました。

Romanji

Watashi ni mo ukishizumi ga arimashita ga, tsuneni dōnika ochitsuki o torimodosu yō ni shitekimashita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

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

浮き沈み (うきしずみ)

bobbing up and down; rising and falling; ebbing and flowing

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

常に (つねに)

always; constantly

どうにか (どうにか)

in some way or other; one way or another

落ち着き (おちつき)

calmness; composure; presence of mind; stability; steadiness

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.

取り戻す (とりもどす)

to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to