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Zach

ピアノ・コンクールで私が第1位になるなんて夢想だにしなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

ピアノ コンクール なる なんて 夢想 しなかった

English Translation

Never did I dream that I would take first place in the piano contest.

Furigana

ピアノ・コンクールで(わたし)(だい)()になるなんて夢想(むそう)だにしなかった。

Romanji

Piano konku-ru de watashi ga dai ichi i ni naru nante musō da ni shinakatta.

Words

ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)
piano
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
コンクール (コンクール)
competition; contest
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(だい)
ordinal
(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(くらい)
throne; crown; (nobleman's) seat; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; class; echelon; rung; grade (of quality, etc.); level; tier; rank; digit (e.g. the tens, the hundreds, etc.); place; degree; extent; amount
()
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 ...
なんて (なんて)
such as; (things) like; exclamation
夢想 (むそう)
dream; vision; reverie
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
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: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: イ、 くらい、 ぐらい
Meanings: rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some
Readings: ム、 ボウ、 ゆめ、 ゆめ.みる、 くら.い
Meanings: dream, vision, illusion
Readings: ソウ、 ソ、 おも.う
Meanings: concept, think, idea, thought