なぜ昨日来られなかったのか。
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English Translation
What prevented you from coming yesterday?
Furigana
なぜ昨日 来 られなかったのか。
Romanji
Naze kinō korarenakatta no ka.
Words
何故
(なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
昨日
(きのう、さくじつ)
yesterday
来る
(くる)
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")
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
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