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一年練習して、彼女はどうにかピアノを弾いている。

Sentence Analyzer

練習して 彼女 どうにか ピアノ 弾いている

English Translation

After a year's practice, she plays the piano after a fashion.

Furigana

(いち)(ねん)練習(れんしゅう)して、彼女(かのじょ)はどうにかピアノを()いている。

Romanji

Ichi nen renshūshite, kanojo wa dōnika piano o hiiteiru.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(とし)
year; many years; age; past one's prime; old age
練習 (れんしゅう)
practice; practising
彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
どうにか (どうにか)
in some way or other; one way or another
ピアノ (ピアノ、ピヤノ)
piano
()
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.
弾く (はじく)
to flip; to snap; to flick; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum; to pluck the strings (of a guitar, etc.)

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: レン、 ね.る、 ね.り
Meanings: practice, gloss, train, drill, polish, refine
Readings: シュウ、 ジュ、 なら.う、 なら.い
Meaning: learn
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: ダン、 タン、 ひ.く、 -ひ.き、 はず.む、 たま、 はじ.く、 はじ.ける、 ただ.す、 はじ.きゆみ
Meanings: bullet, twang, flip, snap