最初はバレエは好きではなかったが、しだいに好きになっていった。
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English Translation
At first I didn't like ballet, but I've come to like it by degrees.
Furigana
Romanji
Saisho wa barē wa suki de wa nakatta ga, shidaini suki ni natteitta.
Words
最初
(さいしょ)
beginning; outset; first; onset
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
バレエ
(バレエ)
ballet
好き
(すき)
liking; fondness; love
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
無い
(ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
次第に
(しだいに)
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
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
成る
(なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...