彼らは幼稚すぎて学ぶことの必要性を理解できなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

They were too naive to understand the necessity of studying.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは幼稚(ようち)すぎて学(まな)ぶことの必要性(ひつようせい)を理解(りかい)できなかった。

Romanji

Karera wa yōchisugite manabu koto no hitsuyōsei o rikai dekinakatta.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

幼稚 (ようち)

infancy; childish; infantile

学ぶ (まなぶ)

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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

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

必要性 (ひつようせい)

necessity

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.

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