ドアは内側から鍵がかかっていたので、私たちは開けることができなかった。

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English Translation

We couldn't open the door because it was locked from within.

Furigana

ドアは内側(うちがわ)から鍵(かぎ)がかかっていたので、私(わたし)たちは開(あ)けることができなかった。

Romanji

Doa wa uchigawa kara kagi ga kakatteita node, watashitachi wa akeru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

ドア (ドア)

door (Western-style)

は (は)

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

内側 (うちがわ)

inside; interior; inner part

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

鍵 (かぎ、カギ)

key; lock

が (が)

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

開ける (あける)

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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

内

Readings: ナイ、ダイ、うち

Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home

側

Readings: ソク、かわ、がわ、そば

Meanings: side, lean, oppose, regret

鍵

Readings: ケン、かぎ

Meaning: key

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

開

Readings: カイ、ひら.く、ひら.き、 -びら.き、ひら.ける、あ.く、あ.ける

Meanings: open, unfold, unseal