大雨で私たちは外出することができなかった。

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大雨 で 私たち は 外出する こと が できなかった 。

English Translation

The heavy rain prevented us from going out.

Furigana

大雨(おおあめ)で私(わたし)たちは外出(がいしゅつ)することができなかった。

Romanji

Ōame de watashitachi wa gaishutsusuru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

大雨 (おおあめ)

heavy rain

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

外出 (がいしゅつ、そとで)

outing; trip; going out

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

大

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

雨

Readings: ウ、 あめ、 あま-、 -さめ

Meaning: rain

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

外

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

Meaning: outside

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude