その少年は暗い中では恐くて寝ることができない。

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English Translation

The boy is afraid to go to bed in the dark.

Furigana

その少年(しょうねん)は暗(くら)い中(なか)では恐(こわ)くて寝(ね)ることができない。

Romanji

Sono shōnen wa kurai naka de wa kowakute neru koto ga dekinai.

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...

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

暗い (くらい)

dark; gloomy; dark (in colour); dull; depressed; dispirited; sorrowful; bitter (as in a dark past); unclear; unfamiliar; unknown

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

怖い (こわい)

scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful; (I'm) afraid

寝る (ねる)

to lie down; to go to bed; to lie in bed; to sleep (lying down); to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie idle

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