講演者は言いたいことを聴衆に理解させることができなかった。

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English Translation

The lecturer couldn't get his message across to the audience.

Furigana

講演者(こうえんしゃ)は言(い)いたいことを聴衆(ちょうしゅう)に理解(りかい)させることができなかった。

Romanji

Kōensha wa iitai koto o chōshū ni rikaisaseru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

講演者 (こうえんしゃ)

lecturer; speaker

は (は)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

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.

聴衆 (ちょうしゅう)

audience; attendance; hearers

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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