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Zach

残念ながら、私には音楽が少しもわからない。

Sentence Analyzer

残念 ながら 音楽 少し わからない

English Translation

It's a pity that I have no ear for music.

Furigana

残念(ざんねん)ながら、(わたし)には音楽(おんがく)(すこ)しもわからない。

Romanji

Zannen nagara, watashi ni wa ongaku ga sukoshi mo wakaranai.

Words

残念 (ざんねん)
deplorable; bad luck; regret; disappointment
乍ら (ながら)
while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
音楽 (おんがく)
music; musical movement
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
少し (すこし)
small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance
()
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
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

Kanji

Readings: ザン、 サン、 のこ.る、 のこ.す、 そこな.う、 のこ.り
Meanings: remainder, leftover, balance
Reading: ネン
Meanings: wish, sense, idea, thought, feeling, desire, attention
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little