その少女の先生は誰一人として、どうして彼女の試験の結果が悪かったのか説明できなかった。

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English Translation

Not one of the girl's teachers could account for her poor examination results.

Furigana

その少女(しょうじょ)の先生(せんせい)は誰(だれ)一(いち)人(にん)として、どうして彼女(かのじょ)の試験(しけん)の結果(けっか)が悪(わる)かったのか説明(せつめい)できなかった。

Romanji

Sono shōjo no sensei wa dare ichi nin toshite, dōshite kanojo no shiken no kekka ga warukatta no ka setsumei 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...

少女 (しょうじょ、おとめ)

little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

は (は)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

試験 (しけん)

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

結果 (けっか)

result; consequence; outcome; effect; coming to fruition; bearing fruit

が (が)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

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