彼女は近所のたいていの女たちとは違っていた、というのは彼女は読み書きができたから。

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English Translation

She was different from most women in the neighborhood, for she was able to read and write.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は近所(きんじょ)のたいていの女(おんな)たちとは違(ちが)っていた、というのは彼女(かのじょ)は読(よ)み書(か)きができたから。

Romanji

Kanojo wa kinjo no taitei no onnatachi to wa chigatteita, toiu no wa kanojo wa yomikaki ga dekita kara.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

近所 (きんじょ)

neighbourhood; neighborhood

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

大抵 (たいてい)

mostly; ordinarily; usually; generally; probably; most; almost all; ordinary; proper; appropriate; moderate

と (と)

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

違う (たがう)

to differ; to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

読み書き (よみかき)

reading and writing

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since