私は音楽を聴くこと、とりわけジャズを聞くのが好きです。

Sentence Analyzer

私は音楽を聴くこと、とりわけじゃずを聞くのが好きです。

English Translation

I like listening to music, especially jazz.

Furigana

私(わたし)は音楽(おんがく)を聴(き)くこと、とりわけジャズを聞(き)くのが好(す)きです。

Romanji

Watashi wa ongaku o kiku koto, toriwake jazu o kiku no ga suki desu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

音楽 (おんがく)

music; musical movement

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

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

取り分け (とりわけ)

especially; above all; inter alia; among others

ジャズ (ジャズ)

jazz

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

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

です (です)

be; is