その学生はまちがいの理由を説明することができなかった。

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English Translation

The student failed to account for the mistake.

Furigana

その学生(がくせい)はまちがいの理由(りゆう)を説明(せつめい)することができなかった。

Romanji

Sono gakusei wa machigai no riyū o setsumeisuru koto ga dekinakatta.

Words

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...

学生 (がくせい)

student (esp. a university student)

は (は)

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

間違い (まちがい)

mistake; error; blunder; accident; mishap; trouble; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

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

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

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.

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

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