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音楽を理解する人なら、誰が彼の演奏が良かったと言えるだろうか。

Sentence Analyzer

音楽 理解する なら 演奏 良かった 言える だろう

English Translation

Who that understands music could say his playing was good?

Furigana

音楽(おんがく)理解(りかい)する(ひと)なら、(だれ)(かれ)演奏(えんそう)()かったと()えるだろうか。

Romanji

Ongaku o rikaisuru hito nara, dare ga kare no ensō ga yokatta to ieru darou ka.

Words

音楽 (おんがく)
music; musical movement
()
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.
理解 (りかい)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
(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
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
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
演奏 (えんそう)
musical performance
良い (よい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
言える (いえる)
to be possible to say; to be able to say
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Reading: エン
Meanings: performance, act, play, render, stage
Readings: ソウ、 かな.でる
Meanings: play music, speak to a ruler, complete
Readings: リョウ、 よ.い、 -よ.い、 い.い、 -い.い
Meanings: good, pleasing, skilled
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word