「なぜピアノを始めたんですか」「音楽の先生になりたいから」

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English Translation

"Why have you started learning to play the piano?" "Because I want to be a music teacher."

Furigana

「なぜピアノを始(はじ)めたんですか」「音楽(おんがく)の先生(せんせい)になりたいから」

Romanji

" naze piano o hajimeta n desu ka"" ongaku no sensei ni naritai kara"

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

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.

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

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

音楽 (おんがく)

music; musical movement

の (の)

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

に (に)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

Kanji

始

Readings: シ、はじ.める、 -はじ.める、はじ.まる

Meanings: commence, begin

音

Readings: オン、イン、 -ノン、おと、ね

Meanings: sound, noise

楽

Readings: ガク、ラク、ゴウ、たの.しい、たの.しむ、この.む

Meanings: music, comfort, ease

先

Readings: セン、さき、ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

生

Readings: セイ、ショウ、い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ、うまれ、う.む、お.う、は.える、は.やす、き、なま、なま-、な.る、な.す、む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth