私は卒業してからはじめて勉強の重要さが解った。

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English Translation

It was not until I left school that I realized the importance of study.

Furigana

私(わたし)は卒業(そつぎょう)してからはじめて勉強(べんきょう)の重要(じゅうよう)さが解(わか)った。

Romanji

Watashi wa sotsugyōshite kara hajimete benkyō no jūyōsa ga wakatta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

卒業 (そつぎょう)

graduation; completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something; moving on

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

勉強 (べんきょう)

study; diligence; discount; reduction

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

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out