男の子はしばしば自分の大好きなスポーツ選手のまねをする。

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English Translation

Boys often imitate their sports heroes.

Furigana

男(おとこ)の子(こ)はしばしば自分(じぶん)の大好(だいす)きなスポーツ選手(せんしゅ)のまねをする。

Romanji

Otokonoko wa shibashiba jibun no daisukina supo-tsu senshu no mane o suru.

Words

男の子 (おとこのこ、おとこのコ)

boy; male child; baby boy

は (は)

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

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

大好き (だいすき)

loveable; very likeable; like very much

スポーツ (スポーツ)

sport; sports

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

真似 (まね)

imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action; conduct

を (を)

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to