電話は現代生活に欠くことができないものだ。

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English Translation

The telephone is essential to modern life.

Furigana

電話(でんわ)は現代(げんだい)生活(せいかつ)に欠(か)くことができないものだ。

Romanji

Denwa wa gendai seikatsu ni kaku koto ga dekinai mono da.

Words

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

は (は)

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

現代 (げんだい)

nowadays; modern era; modern times; present-day

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

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

欠く (かく)

to chip; to nick; to break; to crack; to lack

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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