後藤教授が大学院の研究を指導してくださった。

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English Translation

Professor Goto directed my graduate work.

Furigana

後藤(ごとう)教授(きょうじゅ)が大学院(だいがくいん)の研究(けんきゅう)を指導(しどう)してくださった。

Romanji

Gotō kyōju ga daigakuin no kenkyū o shidōshitekudasatta.

Words

教授 (きょうじゅ)

professor; teaching; instruction

が (が)

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

大学院 (だいがくいん)

graduate school

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

研究 (けんきゅう)

study; research; investigation

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.

指導 (しどう)

leadership; guidance; coaching; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)