私はこの奇妙なできごとを説明することができない。

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私 は この 奇妙な できごと を 説明する こと が できない 。

English Translation

I cannot account for this strange happening.

Furigana

私(わたし)はこの奇妙(きみょう)なできごとを説明(せつめい)することができない。

Romanji

Watashi wa kono kimyōna dekigoto o setsumeisuru 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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

奇妙 (きみょう)

strange; queer; curious

出来事 (できごと、できこと)

incident; affair; happening; event

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.

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

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

奇

Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい

Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity

妙

Readings: ミョウ、 ビョウ、 たえ

Meanings: exquisite, strange, queer, mystery, miracle, excellent, delicate, charming

説

Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light