市の美術館での彼の展覧会には全く興味をそそられなかった。

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English Translation

His exhibition at the city museum didn't appeal to me at all.

Furigana

市(し)の美術館(びじゅつかん)での彼(かれ)の展覧会(てんらんかい)には全(まった)く興味(きょうみ)をそそられなかった。

Romanji

Shi no bijutsukan de no kare no tenrankai ni wa mattaku kyōmi o sosorarenakatta.

Words

市 (し)

city

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

美術館 (びじゅつかん)

art gallery; art museum

で (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.

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

展覧会 (てんらんかい)

exhibition

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

は (は)

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

全く (まったく)

really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly; perfectly; indeed; good grief (expression of exasperation)

興味 (きょうみ)

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

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.

唆る (そそる)

to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up