私はバレーの踊りよりも人間が体を動かす方法に見せられているのです。

Sentence Analyzer

私はばれーの踊りよりも人間が体を動かす方法に見せられているのです。

English Translation

I am fascinated not so much by ballet itself as by the way the human body moves.

Furigana

私(わたし)はバレーの踊(おど)りよりも人間(にんげん)が体(からだ)を動(うご)かす方法(ほうほう)に見(み)せられているのです。

Romanji

Watashi wa bare- no odori yori mo ningen ga karada o ugokasu hōhō ni miserareteiru no desu.

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

バレー (バレー)

volleyball; valley; ballet; barré (chord in guitar technique)

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

踊り (おどり)

dance

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

が (が)

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

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

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.

動かす (うごかす)

to move; to shift; to stir; to budge; to change position; to inspire; to rouse; to move (e.g. feeling); to influence; to change; to alter; to deny; to operate; to set in motion; to get going; to mobilize (e.g. troops); to mobilise; to deploy; to manage (e.g. funds)

方法 (ほうほう)

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

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

見せる (みせる)

to show; to display

です (です)

be; is