高校卒業後、彼は大学へ進み、父同様牧師になるための勉強をした。

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English Translation

After high school, he went to college and studied to be a minister, like his father.

Furigana

高校(こうこう)卒業後(そつぎょうご)、彼(かれ)は大学(だいがく)へ進(すす)み、父(ちち)同様(どうよう)牧師(ぼくし)になるための勉強(べんきょう)をした。

Romanji

Kōkō sotsugyōgo, kare wa daigaku e susumi, chichi dōyō bokushi ni naru tame no benkyō o shita.

Words

高校 (こうこう)

senior high school; high school

卒業後 (そつぎょうご)

after graduation

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

荒む (すさむ)

to grow wild; to run to waste

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

同様 (どうよう)

identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity

牧師 (ぼくし)

pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

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

勉強 (べんきょう)

study; diligence; discount; reduction

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.

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