車が燃え、人も死んでいたけれど、誰も助けることができなかったわ。

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English Translation

There were cars burning, people dying, and nobody could help them.

Furigana

車(くるま)が燃(も)え、人(ひと)も死(し)んでいたけれど、誰(だれ)も助(たす)けることができなかったわ。

Romanji

Kuruma ga moe, hito mo shindeita keredo, dare mo tasukeru koto ga dekinakatta wa.

Words

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

が (が)

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

燃える (もえる)

to burn; to get fired up

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

助ける (たすける)

to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet

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

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

わ (わ)

indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; wah!; boo!