その教授は、私のいわんとすることが理解できなかった。

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その 教授 は 、 私 の いわん と する こと が 理解 できなかった 。

English Translation

The professor was unable to comprehend what I meant.

Furigana

その教授(きょうじゅ)は、私(わたし)のいわんとすることが理解(りかい)できなかった。

Romanji

Sono kyōju wa, watashi no iwan to suru koto ga rikai 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...

教授 (きょうじゅ)

professor; teaching; instruction

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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

教

Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる

Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine

授

Readings: ジュ、 さず.ける、 さず.かる

Meanings: impart, instruct, grant, confer

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

解

Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute