内科医である父は医学を勉強するようしきりに勧めたが、ホーキングはそれを受け入れず、その代わりに数学と物理学に専念することにした。

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English Translation

Rejecting the urging of his physician father to study medicine, Hawking chose instead to concentrate on mathematics and physics.

Furigana

内科医(ないかい)である父(ちち)は医学(いがく)を勉強(べんきょう)するようしきりに勧(すす)めたが、ホーキングはそれを受(う)け入(い)れず、その代(か)わりに数学(すうがく)と物理学(ぶつりがく)に専念(せんねん)することにした。

Romanji

Naikai de aru chichi wa igaku o benkyōsuru yō shikirini susumeta ga, Ho-Kingu wa sore o ukeirezu, sono kawari ni sūgaku to butsurigaku ni sennensuru koto ni shita.

Words

内科医 (ないかい)

physician; internist

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

医学 (いがく)

medical science; medicine

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.

勉強 (べんきょう)

study; diligence; discount; reduction

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

頻りに (しきりに)

frequently; repeatedly; often; incessantly; constantly; strongly; eagerly

勧める (すすめる)

to recommend; to advise; to encourage; to offer (wine)

が (が)

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

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

受け入れる (うけいれる)

to accept; to receive; to agree

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

代わり (かわり)

substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing; stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor; compensation; exchange; return; second helping; another cup; seconds; upcoming program; upcoming programme

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

数学 (すうがく)

mathematics; arithmetic

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

物理学 (ぶつりがく)

physics

専念 (せんねん)

absorption; giving undivided attention; devoting oneself (to)

事 (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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to