誰も彼らの招待を断ることができなかった。

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誰 も 彼ら の 招待 を 断る こと が できなかった 。

English Translation

Nobody could refuse their invitation.

Furigana

誰(だれ)も彼(かれ)らの招待(しょうたい)を断(ことわ)ることができなかった。

Romanji

Dare mo karera no shōtai o kotowaru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

招待 (しょうたい、しょうだい)

invitation

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.

断る (ことわる)

to refuse; to reject; to dismiss; to turn down; to decline; to inform; to give notice; to tell in advance; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)

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

Kanji

誰

Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た

Meanings: who, someone, somebody

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

招

Readings: ショウ、 まね.く

Meanings: beckon, invite, summon, engage

待

Readings: タイ、 ま.つ、 -ま.ち

Meanings: wait, depend on

断

Readings: ダン、 た.つ、 ことわ.る、 さだ.める

Meanings: severance, decline, refuse, apologize, warn, dismiss, prohibit, decision, judgement, cutting