人々は侵略を撃退することができた。

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人々 は 侵略 を 撃退する こと が できた 。

English Translation

The people could repel the invasion.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)は侵略(しんりゃく)を撃退(げきたい)することができた。

Romanji

Hitobito wa shinryaku o gekitaisuru koto ga dekita.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

侵略 (しんりゃく)

aggression; invasion; raid

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.

撃退 (げきたい)

repulse; repel (i.e. the enemy)

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

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

侵

Readings: シン、 おか.す

Meanings: encroach, invade, raid, trespass, violate

略

Readings: リャク、 ほぼ、 おか.す、 おさ.める、 はかりごと、 はか.る、 はぶ.く、 りゃく.す、 りゃく.する

Meanings: abbreviation, omission, outline, shorten, capture, plunder

撃

Readings: ゲキ、 う.つ

Meanings: beat, attack, defeat, conquer

退

Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く

Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject