私がこの絵が好きなのは、単に有名だからではなくて本当に傑作だからだ。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

I like this picture, not just because it is famous, but because it really is a masterpiece.

Furigana

私(わたし)がこの絵(え)が好(す)きなのは、単(たん)に有名(ゆうめい)だからではなくて本当(ほんとう)に傑作(けっさく)だからだ。

Romanji

Watashi ga kono e ga sukina no wa, tanni yūmei da kara de wa nakute hontōni kessaku da kara da.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

絵 (え)

picture; drawing; painting; sketch

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

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

は (は)

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

単に (たんに)

simply; merely; only; solely

有名 (ゆうめい)

famous; fame

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)

really; truly

傑作 (けっさく)

masterpiece; best work; amusing blunder; funny mistake; boner