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歌舞伎界では才能だけでなく世襲も重要だ。

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歌舞伎界 才能 だけ でなく 世襲 重要

English Translation

In Kabuki not only talent but also heredity counts.

Furigana

歌舞伎界(かぶきかい)では才能(さいのう)だけでなく世襲(せしゅう)重要(じゅうよう)だ。

Romanji

Kabukikai de wa sainō dake denaku seshū mo jūyō da.

Words

(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
才能 (さいのう)
talent; ability
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
世襲 (せしゅう)
heredity; heritage
()
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
重要 (じゅうよう)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major

Kanji

Readings: カ、 うた、 うた.う
Meanings: song, sing
Readings: ブ、 ま.う、 -ま.う、 まい
Meanings: dance, flit, circle, wheel
Readings: ギ、 キ、 わざ、 わざおぎ
Meanings: deed, skill
Reading: カイ
Meanings: world, boundary
Reading: サイ
Meanings: genius, years old, cubic shaku
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Readings: シュウ、 おそ.う、 かさ.ね
Meanings: attack, advance on, succeed to, pile, heap
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to