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偉大な批評家であり詩人である人が、哲学の講義をしている。

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偉大な 批評家 あり 詩人 ある 哲学 講義 している

English Translation

The great critic and poet is lecturing on philosophy.

Furigana

偉大(いだい)批評家(ひひょうか)であり詩人(しじん)である(ひと)が、哲学(てつがく)講義(こうぎ)をしている。

Romanji

Idaina hihyōka de ari shijin de aru hito ga, tetsugaku no kōgi o shiteiru.

Words

偉大 (いだい)
greatness
批評家 (ひひょうか)
critic
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
詩人 (しじん)
poet
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
哲学 (てつがく)
philosophy
()
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
講義 (こうぎ)
lecture
()
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

Kanji

Readings: イ、 えら.い
Meanings: admirable, greatness, remarkable, conceited, famous, excellent
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Reading: 
Meanings: criticism, strike
Reading: ヒョウ
Meanings: evaluate, criticism, comment
Readings: カ、 ケ、 いえ、 や、 うち
Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer
Readings: シ、 うた
Meanings: poem, poetry
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: テツ、 さとい、 あき.らか
Meanings: philosophy, clear
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Reading: コウ
Meanings: lecture, club, association
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning