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彼は一流大学でも楽に大学できるだろうに。専門学校に進んだ。

Sentence Analyzer

一流 大学 でも 大学 できる だろう 専門 学校 進んだ

English Translation

He would have been able to enter a good university easily if he had tried, but he entered a vocational school instead.

Furigana

(かれ)一流(いちりゅう)大学(だいがく)でも(らく)大学(だいがく)できるだろうに。専門(せんもん)学校(がっこう)(すす)んだ。

Romanji

Kare wa ichiryū daigaku demo raku ni daigaku dekiru darou ni. senmon gakkō ni susunda.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
一流 (いちりゅう)
first-class; top grade; foremost; top-notch; leading; characteristic; peculiar; unique; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag; one banner; one streamer
大学 (だいがく)
post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books
でも (でも)
but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do
(らく)
comfort; ease; raku pottery
()
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
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
専門 (せんもん)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
学校 (がっこう)
school
荒む (すさむ)
to grow wild; to run to waste

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: リュウ、 ル、 なが.れる、 なが.れ、 なが.す、 -なが.す
Meanings: current, a sink, flow, forfeit
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: セン、 もっぱ.ら
Meanings: specialty, exclusive, mainly, solely
Readings: モン、 かど、 と
Meanings: gate, counter for cannons
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める
Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote