石油製品は現代社会には欠かすことができない。

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English Translation

Products made from petroleum are vital to modern societies.

Furigana

石油(せきゆ)製品(せいひん)は現代(げんだい)社会(しゃかい)には欠(か)かすことができない。

Romanji

Sekiyu seihin wa gendai shakai ni wa kakasu koto ga dekinai.

Words

石油 (せきゆ)

oil; petroleum; kerosene

製品 (せいひん)

manufactured goods; finished goods; product

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

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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

欠かす (かかす)

to miss (doing); to fail (to do)

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