騒音のため、声がなかなか通らなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

騒音 の ため 、 声 が なかなか 通らなかった 。

English Translation

I found it difficult to make myself heard due to the noise.

Furigana

騒音(そうおん)のため、声(こえ)がなかなか通(とお)らなかった。

Romanji

Sōon no tame, koe ga nakanaka tōranakatta.

Words

騒音 (そうおん)

noise

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

声 (こえ)

voice

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

中中 (なかなか)

very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; by no means (with negative verb); not readily; middle; half-way point; excellent; wonderful; very good

通る (とおる)

to go by; to go past; to go along; to travel along; to pass through; to use (a road); to take (a route); to go via; to go by way of; to run (between); to operate (between); to connect; to go indoors; to go into a room; to be admitted; to be shown in; to be ushered in; to come in; to penetrate; to pierce; to skewer; to go through; to come through; to permeate; to soak into; to spread throughout; to carry (e.g. of a voice); to reach far; to be passed on (e.g. of a customer's order to the kitchen); to be relayed; to be conveyed; to pass (a test, a bill in the House, etc.); to be approved; to be accepted; to go by (a name); to be known as; to be accepted as; to have a reputation for; to be coherent; to be logical; to be reasonable; to be comprehensible; to be understandable; to make sense; to get across (e.g. of one's point); to be understood; to be straight (e.g. wood grain); to be well-informed; to be wise; to do ... completely; to do ... thoroughly

Kanji

騒

Readings: ソウ、 さわ.ぐ、 うれい、 さわ.がしい

Meanings: boisterous, make noise, clamor, disturb, excite

音

Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね

Meanings: sound, noise

声

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 こえ、 こわ-

Meaning: voice

通

Readings: ツウ、 ツ、 とお.る、 とお.り、 -とお.り、 -どお.り、 とお.す、 とお.し、 -どお.し、 かよ.う

Meanings: traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.