私の兄は音楽が好きだ。

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私 の 兄 は 音楽 が 好き だ 。

English Translation

My brother has a taste for music.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)は音楽(おんがく)が好(す)きだ。

Romanji

Watashi no ani wa ongaku ga suki da.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

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

音楽 (おんがく)

music; musical movement

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

兄

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 あに

Meanings: elder brother, big brother

音

Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね

Meanings: sound, noise

楽

Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む

Meanings: music, comfort, ease

好

Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い

Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something