火事をすぐに消すことは容易ではなかった。

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火事 を すぐ に 消す こと は 容易 で は なかった 。

English Translation

It was not easy to put out the fire at once.

Furigana

火事(かじ)をすぐに消(け)すことは容易(ようい)ではなかった。

Romanji

Kaji o sugu ni kesu koto wa yōi de wa nakatta.

Words

火事 (かじ)

fire; conflagration

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.

直ぐ (すぐ)

immediately; at once; directly; soon; before long; shortly; easily; without difficulty; right (near); nearby; just (handy)

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

消す (けす)

to erase; to delete; to cross out; to turn off power; to extinguish; to put out; to bump off

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

は (は)

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

容易 (ようい)

easy; simple; plain

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

火

Readings: カ、 ひ、 -び、 ほ-

Meaning: fire

事

Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える

Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly

消

Readings: ショウ、 き.える、 け.す

Meanings: extinguish, blow out, turn off, neutralize, cancel

容

Readings: ヨウ、 い.れる

Meanings: contain, form, looks

易

Readings: エキ、 イ、 やさ.しい、 やす.い

Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination