平泳ぎは出来るが、背泳ぎは出来ない。

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平泳ぎ は 出来る が 、 背泳ぎ は 出来ない 。

English Translation

I can swim on my front but not on my back.

Furigana

平泳(ひらおよ)ぎは出来(でき)るが、背泳(せおよ)ぎは出来(でき)ない。

Romanji

Hiraoyogi wa dekiru ga, seoyogi wa dekinai.

Words

平泳ぎ (ひらおよぎ)

breaststroke (swimming)

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

が (が)

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

背泳ぎ (せおよぎ)

backstroke (swim.)

Kanji

平

Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-

Meanings: even, flat, peace

泳

Readings: エイ、 およ.ぐ

Meaning: swim

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become

背

Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける

Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel