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Zach

なぜ多くの人々がジョン・レノンをそんなに好きなのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

なぜ 多く 人々 ジョン・レノン そんなに 好きな です

English Translation

Why do many people like John Lennon so much?

Furigana

なぜ(おお)くの人々(ひとびと)がジョン・レノンをそんなに()きなのですか。

Romanji

Naze ōku no hitobito ga jonrenon o sonnani sukina no desu ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)
why; how
多く (おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
()
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
人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)
each person; people; men and women; everybody
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
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.
そんなに (そんなに)
so much; so; like that
好き (すき)
liking; fondness; love
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something