マイクはバスケットボールをすることが好きです。

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English Translation

Mike likes to play basketball.

Furigana

マイクはバスケットボールをすることが好(す)きです。

Romanji

Maiku wa basukettobo-ru o suru koto ga suki desu.

Words

マイク (マイク)

mike; mic; microphone

は (は)

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

バスケットボール (バスケットボール)

basketball

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

好

Readings: コウ、この.む、す.く、よ.い、い.い

Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something