私の兄は、大学を卒業した後、さらに研究を進めるために合衆国に行った。

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English Translation

After graduating from college my brother went to the United States for the purpose of doing further research.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)は、大学(だいがく)を卒業(そつぎょう)した後(のち)、さらに研究(けんきゅう)を進(すす)めるために合衆国(がっしゅうこく)に行(い)った。

Romanji

Watashi no ani wa, daigaku o sotsugyōshita nochi, sarani kenkyū o susumeru tameni gasshūkoku ni itta.

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

大学 (だいがく)

post-secondary education institution, incl. university, college, etc.; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning - one of the Four Books

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.

卒業 (そつぎょう)

graduation; completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something; moving on

後 (のち)

later; afterwards; since; future; after one's death; descendant

更に (さらに)

furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more

研究 (けんきゅう)

study; research; investigation

進める (すすめる)

to advance; to promote; to hasten

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

合衆国 (がっしゅうこく)

federal state; United States of America

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

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination