父は私を男や女としてではなく、演技者として訓練しました。

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English Translation

My father trained me not as a man or a woman, but as a performer.

Furigana

父(ちち)は私(わたし)を男(おとこ)や女(おんな)としてではなく、演技者(えんぎしゃ)として訓練(くんれん)しました。

Romanji

Chichi wa watashi o otoko ya onna toshite de wa naku, engisha toshite kunrenshimashita.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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.

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

女 (おんな、おみな、おうな、うみな、おな)

female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress; (someone's) woman

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

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 ...

演技者 (えんぎしゃ、えんぎもの)

performer; actor

訓練 (くんれん)

practice; practising; training