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踊り子の優雅さは懸命な練習、汗と苦しさから生まれるのです。

Sentence Analyzer

踊り子 優雅さ 懸命な 練習 苦しさ から 生まれる です

English Translation

Their grace comes from hard work, sweat, and pain.

Furigana

(おど)()優雅(ゆうが)さは懸命(けんめい)練習(れんしゅう)(あせ)(くる)しさから()まれるのです。

Romanji

Odoriko no yūgasa wa kenmeina renshū, ase to kurushisa kara umareru no desu.

Words

踊り子 (おどりこ)
dancer (usu. female)
()
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
優雅 (ゆうが)
elegance; grace; refinement
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
懸命 (けんめい)
eagerness; earnestness; risking one's life
練習 (れんしゅう)
practice; practising
(あせ)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
苦しい (くるしい)
painful; difficult; agonizing; needy; tight (budget); straitened (circumstances); forced (smile, joke); lame (excuse); strained (interpretation); awkward (situation); painful (position); (after masu stem) hard to do; unpleasant
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
生まれる (うまれる)
to be born
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: ヨウ、 おど.る
Meanings: jump, dance, leap, skip
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 やさ.しい、 すぐ.れる、 まさ.る
Meanings: tenderness, excel, surpass, actor, superiority, gentleness
Readings: ガ、 みや.び
Meanings: gracious, elegant, graceful, refined
Readings: ケン、 ケ、 か.ける、 か.かる
Meanings: state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Readings: レン、 ね.る、 ね.り
Meanings: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い
Meaning: learn
Readings: カン、 あせ
Meanings: sweat, perspire
Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る
Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl
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