なぜ私たちのチームが負けたか説明できますか。

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English Translation

Can you account for why our team lost?

Furigana

なぜ私(わたし)たちのチームが負(ま)けたか説明(せつめい)できますか。

Romanji

Naze watashitachi no chi-mu ga maketa ka setsumei dekimasu ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

チーム (チーム、ティーム)

team

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

負ける (まける)

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.); to reduce the price; to lower the price; to give a discount on

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

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

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

負

Readings: フ、ま.ける、ま.かす、お.う

Meanings: defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility

説

Readings: セツ、ゼイ、と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

明

Readings: メイ、ミョウ、ミン、あ.かり、あか.るい、あか.るむ、あか.らむ、あき.らか、あ.ける、 -あ.け、あ.く、あ.くる、あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light