この仏像の年代は正確に推定することができない。

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English Translation

This Buddhist image cannot be dated exactly.

Furigana

この仏像(ぶつぞう)の年代(ねんだい)は正確(せいかく)に推定(すいてい)することができない。

Romanji

Kono butsuzō no nendai wa seikaku ni suiteisuru koto ga dekinai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

仏像 (ぶつぞう)

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

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

年代 (ねんだい)

age; era; period; date

は (は)

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

正確 (せいかく)

accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

推定 (すいてい)

presumption; assumption; estimation

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