私はずっと竜が見たかったのですが、竜は現実の生物ではないのです。

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English Translation

I have always wanted to see a dragon, but dragons are not real creatures.

Furigana

私(わたし)はずっと竜(りゅう)が見(み)たかったのですが、竜(りゅう)は現実(げんじつ)の生物(せいぶつ)ではないのです。

Romanji

Watashi wa zutto ryū ga mitakatta no desu ga, ryū wa genjitsu no seibutsu de wa nai no 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

ずっと (ずっと、ずーっと、ずうっと)

continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way; much (better, etc.); by far; far and away; far away; long ago; direct; straight

竜 (りゅう、たつ、りょう)

dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook

が (が)

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

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

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

です (です)

be; is

現実 (げんじつ)

reality; actuality; hard fact

生物 (せいぶつ)

living things; creature; biology

で (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