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どんな俳優も劇が始まる前にはびくびくするものだ。

Sentence Analyzer

どんな 俳優 始まる びく びく する もの

English Translation

Every actor has cold feet just before the beginning of a show.

Furigana

どんな俳優(はいゆう)(げき)(はじ)まる(まえ)にはびくびくするものだ。

Romanji

Donna haiyū mo geki ga hajimaru mae ni wa biku biku suru mono da.

Words

どんな (どんな)
what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)
俳優 (はいゆう)
actor; actress; player; performer
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
(げき)
drama; play; powerful drug
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
始まる (はじまる)
to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
比丘 (びく)
bhikkhu (fully ordained Buddhist monk)
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
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Reading: ハイ
Meanings: haiku, actor
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る
Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Reading: ゲキ
Meanings: drama, play
Readings: シ、 はじ.める、 -はじ.める、 はじ.まる
Meanings: commence, begin
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before