私たちはその２人の少年をくまなく捜したが、２人とも見つからなかった。

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English Translation

We searched for the two boys everywhere, but neither could be found.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちはその２人(にん)の少年(しょうねん)をくまなく捜(さが)したが、２人(にん)とも見(み)つからなかった。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa sono ni nin no shōnen o kuma naku sagashita ga, ni nin to mo mitsukaranakatta.

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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.

熊 (くま)

bear (animal)

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)

が (が)

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

と (と)

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

見つかる (みつかる)

to be found; to be discovered