友人についていくことができなかったので、とうとう彼は、遅れてしまった。

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English Translation

Unable to keep up with his friends, he fell behind at last.

Furigana

友人(ゆうじん)についていくことができなかったので、とうとう彼(かれ)は、遅(おく)れてしまった。

Romanji

Yūjin ni tsuiteiku koto ga dekinakatta node, tōtō kare wa, okureteshimatta.

Words

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

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

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

到頭 (とうとう)

finally; at last; reaching a head

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue