洪水のために私は川を渡ることができなかった。

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English Translation

The flood prevented me from crossing the river.

Furigana

洪水(こうずい)のために私(わたし)は川(かわ)を渡(わた)ることができなかった。

Romanji

Kōzui no tameni watashi wa kawa o wataru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

洪水 (こうずい)

flood

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

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

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

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

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.

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

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

洪

Reading: コウ

Meanings: deluge, flood, vast

水

Readings: スイ、みず、みず-

Meaning: water

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

川

Readings: セン、かわ

Meanings: stream, river, river or three-stroke river radical (no. 47)

渡

Readings: ト、わた.る、 -わた.る、わた.す

Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate