馬に乗ること以外に私にはすることができなかった。

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馬 に 乗る こと 以外に 私 に は する こと が できなかった 。

English Translation

There was nothing for me to do but mount the horse.

Furigana

馬(うま)に乗(の)ること以外(いがい)に私(わたし)にはすることができなかった。

Romanji

Uma ni noru koto igaini watashi ni wa suru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

乗る (のる)

to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to board; to take; to embark; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to jump on; to sit on; to mount; to reach; to go over; to pass; to follow; to stay (on track); to go with (the times, etc.); to take part; to participate; to join; to get into the swing (and sing, dance, etc.); to be deceived; to be taken in; to be carried; to be spread; to be scattered; to stick; to attach; to take; to go on

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

Kanji

馬

Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま

Meaning: horse

乗

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 の.る、 -の.り、 の.せる

Meanings: ride, power, multiplication, record, counter for vehicles, board, mount, join

以

Readings: イ、 もっ.て

Meanings: by means of, because, in view of, compared with

外

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-

Meaning: outside

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me