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Zach

私の願いはパリで絵の勉強をすることです。

Sentence Analyzer

願い ぱり 勉強 する こと です

English Translation

My wish is to study painting in Paris.

Furigana

(わたし)(ねが)いはパリで()勉強(べんきょう)をすることです。

Romanji

Watashi no negai wa Pari de e no benkyō o suru koto 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
願い (ねがい)
desire; wish; request; prayer; petition; application
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
巴里 (パリ)
Paris (France)
(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.
()
picture; drawing; painting; sketch
勉強 (べんきょう)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
()
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.
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
(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
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ガン、 ねが.う、 -ねがい
Meanings: petition, request, vow, wish, hope
Readings: カイ、 エ
Meanings: picture, drawing, painting, sketch
Readings: ベン、 つと.める
Meanings: exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent
Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 つよ.い、 つよ.まる、 つよ.める、 し.いる、 こわ.い
Meaning: strong