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雨のため、少年たちはグランドで野球ができなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

ため 少年たち ぐらんど 野球 できなかった

English Translation

The rain prevented the boys from playing baseball on the playground.

Furigana

(あめ)のため、少年(しょうねん)たちはグランドで野球(やきゅう)ができなかった。

Romanji

Ame no tame, shōnentachi wa gurando de yakyū ga dekinakatta.

Words

(あめ)
rain
()
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
グランド (グランド、グラン)
large; gland; ground (e.g. land, electrical, base material of textiles, etc.)
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
野球 (やきゅう)
baseball
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ
Meaning: rain
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: キュウ、 たま
Meanings: ball, sphere