スージーは怖い気持ちを落ち着かせることができなかった。

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スージー は 怖い 気持ち を 落ち着かせる こと が できなかった 。

English Translation

Susie could not settle her fears.

Furigana

スージーは怖(こわ)い気持(きも)ちを落(お)ち着(つ)かせることができなかった。

Romanji

Su-ji- wa kowai kimochi o ochitsukaseru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

は (は)

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

怖い (こわい)

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

気持ち (きもち)

feeling; sensation; mood; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thanks; solicitude; sympathy; just a little; somewhat; slightly

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.

落ち着く (おちつく)

to calm down; to compose oneself; to regain presence of mind; to calm down; to settle down; to die down; to become stable; to abate; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled; to be fixed; to have been reached; to harmonize with; to harmonise with; to match; to suit; to fit; to be unobtrusive; to be quiet; to be subdued

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

怖

Readings: フ、 ホ、 こわ.い、 こわ.がる、 お.じる、 おそ.れる

Meanings: dreadful, be frightened, fearful

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

持

Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる

Meanings: hold, have

落

Readings: ラク、 お.ちる、 お.ち、 お.とす

Meanings: fall, drop, come down, village, hamlet

着

Readings: チャク、 ジャク、 き.る、 -ぎ、 き.せる、 -き.せ、 つ.く、 つ.ける

Meanings: don, arrive, wear, counter for suits of clothing