私は忙しくて彼を手伝うことができない。

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私 は 忙しくて 彼 を 手伝う こと が できない 。

English Translation

I'm too busy to help him.

Furigana

私(わたし)は忙(いそが)しくて彼(かれ)を手伝(てつだ)うことができない。

Romanji

Watashi wa isogashikute kare o tetsudau koto ga dekinai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)

busy; hectic; occupied; engaged

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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.

手伝う (てつだう)

to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in

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

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

忙

Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 いそが.しい、 せわ.しい、 おそ.れる、 うれえるさま

Meanings: busy, occupied, restless

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

伝

Readings: デン、 テン、 つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて

Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition