聞いて驚くなよ！今日から俺はピアノを始めるんだ。なぜなら私は音楽の先生になりたいからだ！

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English Translation

Brace yourselves! From today I'm learning the piano. Why? Because I want to become a music teacher!

Furigana

聞(き)いて驚(おどろ)くなよ！今日(きょう)から俺(おれ)はピアノを始(はじ)めるんだ。なぜなら私(わたし)は音楽(おんがく)の先生(せんせい)になりたいからだ！

Romanji

Kiite odoroku na yo! kyō kara ore wa piano o hajimeru n da. nazenara watashi wa ongaku no sensei ni naritai kara da!

Words

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

驚く (おどろく)

to be surprised; to be astonished

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

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

俺 (おれ、おらあ、おり)

I; me

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

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")

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

何故なら (なぜなら)

because; the reason is; if you want to know why

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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 ...