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論文は去年のより長かったが、数人の学生はなんとかし上げた。

Sentence Analyzer

論文 去年 より 長かった 学生 なんと かし上げた

English Translation

Although the paper was much longer than last year's a few students managed to finish.

Furigana

論文(ろんぶん)去年(きょねん)のより(なが)かったが、(すう)(にん)学生(がくせい)はなんとかし()げた。

Romanji

Ronbun wa kyonen no yori nagakatta ga, sū nin no gakusei wa nanto kashiageta.

Words

論文 (ろんぶん)
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
去年 (きょねん、こぞ)
last year
()
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
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
長い (ながい)
long (distance); long (time); lengthy
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(じん)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people
学生 (がくせい)
student (esp. a university student)
何と (なんと)
what; how; whatever
化す (かす、けす)
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)

Kanji

Reading: ロン
Meanings: argument, discourse
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: キョ、 コ、 さ.る、 -さ.る
Meanings: gone, past, quit, leave, elapse, eliminate, divorce
Readings: ネン、 とし
Meanings: year, counter for years
Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ
Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up