私たちは雨が激しく降っているという理由だけで、今夜外へ食べに出かけなかった。

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English Translation

We didn't eat out this evening only because it was raining hard.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは雨(あめ)が激(はげ)しく降(ふ)っているという理由(りゆう)だけで、今夜外(こんやがい)へ食(た)べに出(で)かけなかった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa ame ga hageshiku futteiru toiu riyū dake de, kon'yagai e tabe ni dekakenakatta.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

雨 (あめ)

rain

が (が)

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

激しい (はげしい)

violent; furious; tempestuous; extreme; intense; fierce; fervent; vehement; incessant; relentless; precipitous; steep

下る (くだる)

to descend; to go down; to come down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; (often in neg. form) to be less than; to be inferior to; to have the runs; to have diarrhea

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

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

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

出かける (でかける)

to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to start; to set out; to be about to leave; to be just going out