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私が結婚するまで母親を生かしておきたかった。

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結婚する まで 母親 生かしておきたかった

English Translation

I had hoped that my mother would live until I got married.

Furigana

(わたし)結婚(けっこん)するまで母親(ははおや)()かしておきたかった。

Romanji

Watashi ga kekkonsuru made hahaoya o ikashiteokitakatta.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
結婚 (けっこん)
marriage
(まで)
until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely
母親 (ははおや)
mother
()
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.
生かす (いかす)
to make (the best) use of; to leverage (skills, attributes, experience, etc.); to capitalise on (experience, etc); to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage
Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ
Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth