医者になりたいという願望は病弱な弟の世話をしたことから芽生えた。

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English Translation

My desire to become a doctor grew out of looking after my sickly brother.

Furigana

医者(いしゃ)になりたいという願望(がんぼう)は病弱(びょうじゃく)な弟(おとうと)の世話(せわ)をしたことから芽生(めば)えた。

Romanji

Isha ni naritai toiu ganbō wa byōjakuna otōto no sewa o shita koto kara mebaeta.

Words

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

願望 (がんぼう、がんもう)

desire; wish; aspiration

は (は)

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

病弱 (びょうじゃく)

weak constitution

弟 (おとうと、おと、おとと、てい)

younger brother; little brother; kid brother; pupil; apprentice

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

世話 (せわ)

looking after; help; aid; assistance

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

芽生える (めばえる)

to bud; to sprout