教養のある人によくあることだが、彼はジャズより古典音楽が好きだ。

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教養のある人によくあることだが、彼はじゃずより古典音楽が好きだ。

English Translation

As is often the case with educated people, he likes classical music better than jazz.

Furigana

教養(きょうよう)のある人(ひと)によくあることだが、彼(かれ)はジャズより古典(こてん)音楽(おんがく)が好(す)きだ。

Romanji

Kyōyō no aru hito ni yoku aru koto da ga, kare wa jazu yori koten ongaku ga suki da.

Words

教養 (きょうよう)

cultivation; refinement; culture; education

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

事 (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

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

ジャズ (ジャズ)

jazz

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more