私の兄はギターを弾くのがとても上手です。

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English Translation

My brother is very good at playing the guitar.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)はギターを弾(ひ)くのがとても上手(じょうず)です。

Romanji

Watashi no ani wa gita- o hiku no ga totemo jōzu desu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

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

ギター (ギター)

guitar

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.

弾く (ひく)

to play (piano, guitar)

が (が)

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

上手 (じょうず、じょうて、じょうしゅ)

skill; skillful; dexterity; flattery

です (です)

be; is