端的に言って、彼には音楽の才能がない。

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端的に言って、彼には音楽の才能がない。

English Translation

To put it briefly, he lacks musical ability.

Furigana

端的(たんてき)に言(い)って、彼(かれ)には音楽(おんがく)の才能(さいのう)がない。

Romanji

Tanteki ni itte, kare ni wa ongaku no sainō ga nai.

Words

端的 (たんてき)

frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

音楽 (おんがく)

music; musical movement

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

才能 (さいのう)

talent; ability

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...