暗闇の中で彼が写真を撮るのは不可能だ。
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English Translation
        It was impossible for him to take the picture in the dark.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kurayami no naka de kare ga shashin o toru no wa fukanō da.
    
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                暗闇
            
            
                (くらやみ)
            
        
        
            darkness; the dark
        
    
            
                の
            
            
                (の)
            
        
        
            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
        
    
            
                中
            
            
                (なか)
            
        
        
            inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
        
    
            
                で
            
            
                (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.
        
    
            
                彼
            
            
                (かれ)
            
        
        
            he; him; his; boyfriend
        
    
            
                が
            
            
                (が)
            
        
        
            indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
        
    
            
                写真
            
            
                (しゃしん)
            
        
        
            photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie
        
    
            
                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.
        
    
            
                撮る
            
            
                (とる)
            
        
        
            to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                不可能
            
            
                (ふかのう)
            
        
        
            impossible
        
    
            
                だ
            
            
                (だ)
            
        
        
            be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
        
    Kanji
Readings: アン、 くら.い、 くら.む、 くれ.る
                        Meanings: darkness, disappear, shade, informal, grow dark, be blinded
                    Readings: アン、 オン、 やみ、 くら.い
                        Meanings: get dark, gloom, disorder
                    Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
                        Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
                    Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
                        Meanings: he, that, the
                    Readings: シャ、 ジャ、 うつ.す、 うつ.る、 うつ-、 うつ.し
                        Meanings: copy, be photographed, describe
                    Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
                        Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect
                    Readings: サツ、 と.る、 つま.む、 -ど.り
                        Meanings: snapshot, take pictures
                    Readings: フ、 ブ
                        Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
                    Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し
                        Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not
                    Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
                        Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity