軽い風邪をひいていたので、家族と指宿へ行くことはできなかった。

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English Translation

A slight cold prevented me from going to Ibusuki with my family.

Furigana

軽(かる)い風邪(かぜ)をひいていたので、家族(かぞく)と指宿(いぶすき)へ行(い)くことはできなかった。

Romanji

Karui kaze o hiiteita node, kazoku to Ibusuki e iku koto wa dekinakatta.

Words

軽い (かるい、かろい)

light (i.e. not heavy); feeling light (i.e. offering little resistance, moving easily); light (i.e. of foot); nimble; agile; non-serious; minor; unimportant; trivial; slight; small; gentle; soft; easy; simple; indiscriminate

風邪 (かぜ、ふうじゃ)

common cold; cold; influenza; flu; ague

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.

轢く (ひく)

to run somebody over (with vehicle); to knock someone down

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

と (と)

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

へ (へ)

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

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

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

は (は)

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

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