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Zach

私の好きなサッカー選手は小野伸二です。

Sentence Analyzer

好きな サッカー 選手 小野 伸二 です

English Translation

My favorite soccer player is Shinji Ono.

Furigana

(わたし)()きなサッカー選手(せんしゅ)小野(おの)伸二(しんじ)です。

Romanji

Watashi no sukina sakka- senshu wa Ono Shinji desu.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
好き (すき)
liking; fondness; love
サッカー (サッカー)
soccer; seersucker
選手 (せんしゅ)
player (in game); team member
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
小野 (おの)
plain; field
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something
Readings: セン、 えら.ぶ
Meanings: elect, select, choose, prefer
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: シン、 の.びる、 の.ばす、 の.べる、 の.す
Meanings: expand, stretch, extend, lengthen, increase
Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび
Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)