彼の人生の目的は音楽家になることだった。

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English Translation

His object in life was to become a musician.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の人生(じんせい)の目的(もくてき)は音楽家(おんがくか)になることだった。

Romanji

Kare no jinsei no mokuteki wa ongakuka ni naru koto datta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

は (は)

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

音楽家 (おんがくか、おんがっか)

musician

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

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