彼は欠席したことを弁解した。

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彼 は 欠席した こと を 弁解した 。

English Translation

He was apologetic for being absent.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は欠席(けっせき)したことを弁解(べんかい)した。

Romanji

Kare wa kessekishita koto o benkaishita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

欠席 (けっせき)

absence; non-attendance

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

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.

弁解 (べんかい)

justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse; apology

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

欠

Readings: ケツ、 ケン、 か.ける、 か.く

Meanings: lack, gap, fail, yawning radical (no. 76)

席

Readings: セキ、 むしろ

Meanings: seat, mat, occasion, place

弁

Readings: ベン、 ヘン、 かんむり、 わきま.える、 わ.ける、 はなびら、 あらそ.う

Meanings: valve, petal, braid, speech, dialect, discrimination, dispose of, distinguish, conical cap

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