彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa風邪(かぜ)を()引(ひ)い()て() kazewohiite欠(けっ)席(せき) kessekiしました shimashita。 She caught a cold and was absent. Literal She [topic-は] cold [object-を] caught absent-was. 欠席しました ('was absent') uses the polite form. 風邪を引く ('to catch a cold') is the standard phrase — 引く literally means 'to pull/draw.' schooleducationillness/cold
彼(かの)女(じょ) kanojoは wa風邪(かぜ)を()引(ひ)い()て() kazewohiite欠(けっ)席(せき) kessekiしました shimashita。 She caught a cold and was absent. Literal She [topic-は] cold [object-を] caught absent-was. 欠席しました ('was absent') uses the polite form. 風邪を引く ('to catch a cold') is the standard phrase — 引く literally means 'to pull/draw.' schooleducationillness/cold