彼らは普通に読み書きが全くできないという意味で読み書きができないのではない。

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English Translation

They are not illiterate in the sense that they can not read or write at all.

Furigana

彼(かれ)らは普通(ふつう)に読(よ)み書(か)きが全(まった)くできないという意味(いみ)で読(よ)み書(か)きができないのではない。

Romanji

Karera wa futsū ni yomikaki ga mattaku dekinai toiu imi de yomikaki ga dekinai no de wa nai.

Words

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

は (は)

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

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

読み書き (よみかき)

reading and writing

が (が)

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

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix