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この種の音楽は年輩の人たちが理解するのに苦労するものだ。

Sentence Analyzer

この 音楽 年輩 人たち 理解する 苦労する もの

English Translation

This kind of music is something that older people have difficulty understanding.

Furigana

この(たね)音楽(おんがく)年輩(ねんぱい)(ひと)たちが理解(りかい)するのに苦労(くろう)するものだ。

Romanji

Kono tane no ongaku wa nenpai no hitotachi ga rikaisuru no ni kurōsuru mono da.

Words

此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(たね)
seed; pip; kind; variety; quality; tone; material; matter; subject; theme; (news) copy; leaven (bread); cause; source; trick; secret; inside story
()
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
音楽 (おんがく)
music; musical movement
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
年配 (ねんぱい)
elderly; age; years
人達 (ひとたち)
people
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
理解 (りかい)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
()
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
苦労 (くろう)
troubles; hardships
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: シュ、 たね、 -ぐさ
Meanings: species, kind, class, variety, seed
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: ハイ、 -ばら、 やから、 やかい、 ともがら
Meanings: comrade, fellow, people, companions
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
Readings: ロウ、 ろう.する、 いたわ.る、 いた.ずき、 ねぎら、 つか.れる、 ねぎら.う
Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble