事故が起きる可能性は否定できない。

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事故 が 起きる 可能性 は 否定 できない 。

English Translation

We cannot rule out the possibility of an accident.

Furigana

事故(じこ)が起(お)きる可能性(かのうせい)は否定(ひてい)できない。

Romanji

Jiko ga okiru kanōsei wa hitei dekinai.

Words

事故 (じこ、ことゆえ)

accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons

が (が)

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

起きる (おきる)

to get up; to rise; to blaze up (fire); to wake up; to be awake; to stay awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place

可能性 (かのうせい)

potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability

は (は)

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

否定 (ひてい)

negation; denial; repudiation; NOT operation

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

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

起

Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ

Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up

可

Readings: カ、 コク、 -べ.き、 -べ.し

Meanings: can, passable, mustn't, should not, do not

能

Readings: ノウ、 よ.く

Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity

性

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 さが

Meanings: sex, gender, nature

否

Readings: ヒ、 いな、 いや

Meanings: negate, no, noes, refuse, decline, deny

定

Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か

Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide