その船は嵐のために神戸を発つことができなかった。

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English Translation

A storm kept the ship from leaving Kobe.

Furigana

その船(ふね)は嵐(あらし)のために神戸(こうべ)を発(た)つことができなかった。

Romanji

Sono fune wa arashi no tameni Kōbe o tatsu koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

船 (ふね)

ship; boat; watercraft; vessel; steamship; tank; tub; vat; trough; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)

は (は)

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

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

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

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

神戸 (こうべ)

Kobe (port city near Osaka)

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.

立つ (たつ)

to stand; to rise; to stand up; to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position); to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)

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

が (が)

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

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

船

Readings: セン、ふね、ふな-

Meanings: ship, boat

嵐

Readings: ラン、あらし

Meanings: storm, tempest

神

Readings: シン、ジン、かみ、かん-、こう-

Meanings: gods, mind, soul

戸

Readings: コ、と

Meanings: door, counter for houses, door radical (no. 63)

発

Readings: ハツ、ホツ、た.つ、あば.く、おこ.る、つか.わす、はな.つ

Meanings: departure, discharge, publish, emit, start from, disclose, counter for gunshots