試験はもうすぐだというのに、彼は勉強をやり終えることができなかった。

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English Translation

He could not get through his work, though the examination was near.

Furigana

試験(しけん)はもうすぐだというのに、彼(かれ)は勉強(べんきょう)をやり終(お)えることができなかった。

Romanji

Shiken wa mōsugu da to iu noni, kare wa benkyō o yarioeru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

試験 (しけん)

examination; test; study; trial; experiment

は (は)

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

もう直ぐ (もうすぐ)

very soon

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

勉強 (べんきょう)

study; diligence; discount; reduction

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.

殺る (やる)

to do someone in; to bump someone 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