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もしあなた
えんじょ
援助
なければ
わたし
たち
しっぱい
失敗
していた
かもしれない
If it had not been for your help, we might have failed.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
if; in case; supposing  (often written with kana only)
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2
1. you (referring to someone of equal or lower status)  (貴女 refers only to females and 貴男 refers only to males; often written with kana only; polite (teineigo) language)
2. dear (what a wife calls a husband)
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1
assistance; aid; support
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1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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3
we; us
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0
failure; mistake; blunder
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1 0
expression
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly  (often written with kana only)
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Kanji
エン    assistance   
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claw your one friend
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claw
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ユウ   とも friend   
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ten   じゅう    じつ    と    とう    
また again   
hand
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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and another, moreover   
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ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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ム   private
grain
シツ   うしな to lose   
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シ   や arrow   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ハイ   defeated   やぶれる to be defeated, frustrated   
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ぼく strike   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
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