彼女の手は小さい。だがピアノが弾けないほど小さくはない。

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彼女 の 手 は 小さい 。 だが ピアノ が 弾けない ほど 小さく は ない 。

English Translation

Her hands are small, but not so small that she can't play the piano.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)の手(て)は小(ちい)さい。だがピアノが弾(ひ)けないほど小(ちい)さくはない。

Romanji

Kanojo no te wa chiisai. daga piano ga hikenai hodo chiisaku wa nai.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

は (は)

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

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

だが (だが、ですが)

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)

piano

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

弾ける (はじける)

to burst open; to split open; to pop; to be bursting with (e.g. youth, laughter, flavor); to bounce; to bound

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

女

Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め

Meanings: woman, female

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

弾

Readings: ダン、 タン、 ひ.く、 -ひ.き、 はず.む、 たま、 はじ.く、 はじ.ける、 ただ.す、 はじ.きゆみ

Meanings: bullet, twang, flip, snap