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Zach

今週はたくさんの人が休んでいたので、その企画を完成できなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

今週 たくさん 休んでいた ので その 企画 完成 できなかった

English Translation

With so many people absent this week, we weren't able to complete the project.

Furigana

今週(こんしゅう)はたくさんの(ひと)(やす)んでいたので、その企画(きかく)完成(かんせい)できなかった。

Romanji

Konshū wa takusan no hito ga yasundeita node, sono kikaku o kansei dekinakatta.

Words

今週 (こんしゅう)
this week
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
沢山 (たくさん)
a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much
()
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
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
休む (やすむ)
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire; to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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...
企画 (きかく)
planning; project; plan; design
()
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.
完成 (かんせい)
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
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

Readings: コン、 キン、 いま
Meaning: now
Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: キュウ、 やす.む、 やす.まる、 やす.める
Meanings: rest, day off, retire, sleep
Readings: キ、 くわだ.てる、 たくら.む
Meanings: undertake, scheme, design, attempt, plan
Readings: ガ、 カク、 エ、 カイ、 えが.く、 かく.する、 かぎ.る、 はかりごと、 はか.る
Meanings: brush-stroke, picture
Reading: カン
Meanings: perfect, completion, end
Readings: セイ、 ジョウ、 な.る、 な.す、 -な.す
Meanings: turn into, become, get, grow, elapse, reach