嵐のため行方不明の子供の捜索ができなかった。

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English Translation

The storm hindered us from searching for the missing child.

Furigana

嵐(あらし)のため行方(ゆくえ)不明(ふめい)の子供(こども)の捜索(そうさく)ができなかった。

Romanji

Arashi no tame yukue fumei no kodomo no sōsaku ga dekinakatta.

Words

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

行方 (ゆくえ)

(one's) whereabouts; outcome

不明 (ふめい)

unknown; obscure; indistinct; uncertain; ambiguous; anonymous; unidentified; ignorant; lack of wisdom

子供 (こども)

child; children

捜索 (そうさく)

search (esp. for someone or something missing); investigation

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