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わたし
私
の
あに
兄
の
たす
助
け
がなかったら、
わたし
私
は
おぼ
溺
れ
し
死
んでいた
であろう。
But for my brother's help, I would have been drowned.
Grammar and points of interest
Conjugations and inflections
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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あ に 1
noun
elder brother; older brother  (humble)
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た す け 3
noun
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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お ぼ れ る 0
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
1. to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)  (often written with kana only)
2. to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in
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し ぬ 0
godan verb, irregular nu verb, intransitive verb
1. to die; to pass away  (sensitive)
2. to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
助
ジョ   すけ help   たすける to help, save   たすかる to be helped   
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且
かつ and another, moreover   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
目
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
溺
デキ   おぼれる to drown; to indulge   
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弱
ジャク   よわい weak   よわる to weaken, to be troubled   よわまる to weaken, to abate   よわめる to weaken, to break the force of   
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弜
double bow; strong   
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弓
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
羽
ウ   はね feather   わ counter for birds   
氵
スイ   みず water   
死
シ   death   しぬ die   
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歹
death
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夕
セキ   ゆう night   
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タ
katakana 'ta'
匕
さじ spoon   
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