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