ひどい風邪のため、彼はゲームに参加できなかった。

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English Translation

Owing to a bad cold, he could not take part in the game.

Furigana

ひどい風邪(かぜ)のため、彼(かれ)はゲームに参加(さんか)できなかった。

Romanji

Hidoi kaze no tame, kare wa ge-mu ni sanka dekinakatta.

Words

酷い (ひどい)

cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe; violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme; very bad; terrible; awful; excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust

風邪 (かぜ、ふうじゃ)

common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

ゲーム (ゲーム)

game

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

参加 (さんか)

participation

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

風

Readings: フウ、フ、かぜ、かざ-、 -かぜ

Meanings: wind, air, style, manner

邪

Readings: ジャ、よこし.ま

Meanings: wicked, injustice, wrong

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

参

Readings: サン、シン、まい.る、まい-、まじわる、みつ

Meanings: nonplussed, three (in documents), going, coming, visiting, visit, be defeated, die, be madly in love, participate, take part in

加

Readings: カ、くわ.える、くわ.わる

Meanings: add, addition, increase, join, include, Canada