彼の迅速な行動により伝染病を防ぐことができた。

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English Translation

His prompt action prevented an epidemic.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の迅速(じんそく)な行動(こうどう)により伝染病(でんせんびょう)を防(ふせ)ぐことができた。

Romanji

Kare no jinsokuna kōdō niyori densenbyō o fusegu koto ga dekita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

迅速 (じんそく)

quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined; expedited; expeditious

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

に因り (により)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

伝染病 (でんせんびょう)

infectious disease; contagious disease; epidemic

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.

防ぐ (ふせぐ)

to defend (against); to protect; to prevent

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