彼女は長いことピアノを習っていました。
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English Translation
        She had long been learning to play the piano.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kanojo wa nagai koto piano o naratteimashita.
    
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                彼女
            
            
                (かのじょ)
            
        
        
            she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                長い
            
            
                (ながい)
            
        
        
            long (distance); long (time); lengthy
        
    
            
                事
            
            
                (こと、こん)
            
        
        
            thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
        
    
            
                ピアノ
            
            
                (ピアノ、ピヤノ)
            
        
        
            piano
        
    
            
                を
            
            
                (を)
            
        
        
            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.
        
    
            
                習う
            
            
                (ならう)
            
        
        
            to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in