しかし、私たちは彼の言うことが理解できない。

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English Translation

But we can't understand him.

Furigana

しかし、私(わたし)たちは彼(かれ)の言(い)うことが理解(りかい)できない。

Romanji

Shikashi, watashitachi wa kare no iu koto ga rikai dekinai.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

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

が (が)

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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

私

Readings: シ、わたくし、わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

彼

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

言

Readings: ゲン、ゴン、い.う、こと

Meanings: say, word

理

Readings: リ、ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

解

Readings: カイ、ゲ、と.く、と.かす、と.ける、ほど.く、ほど.ける、わか.る、さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute