消防士たちは炎を消すことができなかった。
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English Translation
The fireman could not extinguish the flames.
Furigana
Romanji
Shōbōshitachi wa honoo o kesu koto ga dekinakatta.
Words
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
炎
(ほのお、ほむら)
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
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.
消す
(けす)
to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; to bump off
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