私は空を飛べないのと同じく泳ぐこともできない。

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English Translation

I can no more swim than I can fly.

Furigana

私(わたし)は空(そら)を飛(と)べないのと同(おな)じく泳(およ)ぐこともできない。

Romanji

Watashi wa sora o tobenai no to onajiku oyogu koto mo dekinai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

空 (そら)

sky; the heavens

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.

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

同じく (おなじく)

similarly; same (idea); same (name)

泳ぐ (およぐ)

to swim

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

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

空

Readings: クウ、そら、あ.く、あ.き、あ.ける、から、す.く、す.かす、むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

飛

Readings: ヒ、と.ぶ、と.ばす、 -と.ばす

Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter

同

Readings: ドウ、おな.じ

Meanings: same, agree, equal

泳

Readings: エイ、およ.ぐ

Meaning: swim