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若い棋士が多少、尊大な感じになるのはよくあることで、 そういうことは将棋界に限った話ではないでしょう。

Sentence Analyzer

若い 棋士 多少 尊大な 感じ なる よく ある こと そういう こと 将棋界 限った ない でしょう

English Translation

It often happens that young shogi players become a little self-important, but I don't think that's something limited to the shogi world.

Furigana

(わか)棋士(きし)多少(たしょう)尊大(そんだい)(かん)じになるのはよくあることで、そういうことは将棋界(しょうぎかい)(かぎ)った(はなし)ではないでしょう。

Romanji

Wakai kishi ga tashō, sondaina kanji ni naru no wa yoku aru koto de, sōiu koto wa shōgikai ni kagitta hanashi de wa nai deshō.

Words

若い (わかい)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
棋士 (きし)
shogi player; go player
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
多少 (たしょう)
more or less; somewhat; a little; some; amount; quantity
尊大 (そんだい)
haughtiness; pomposity; self-sufficiency
感じ (かんじ)
feeling; sense; impression
()
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 ...
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
良く (よく)
nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
そう言う (そういう、そうゆう)
such; like that; that sort of; very
限る (かぎる)
to restrict; to limit; to confine; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be confined to
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
デス (デス)
death

Kanji

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Readings: キ、 ご
Meanings: chess piece, Japanese chess, shogi
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ソン、 たっと.い、 とうと.い、 たっと.ぶ、 とうと.ぶ
Meanings: revered, valuable, precious, noble, exalted
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation
Readings: ショウ、 ソウ、 まさ.に、 はた、 まさ、 ひきい.る、 もって
Meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
Reading: カイ
Meanings: world, boundary
Readings: ゲン、 かぎ.る、 かぎ.り、 -かぎ.り
Meanings: limit, restrict, to best of ability
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk