芸術に没頭しているとてもたくさんの人たちとも懇意にしてきた。

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English Translation

I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts.

Furigana

芸術(げいじゅつ)に没頭(ぼっとう)しているとてもたくさんの人(ひと)たちとも懇意(こんい)にしてきた。

Romanji

Geijutsu ni bottōshiteiru totemo takusan no hitotachi tomo kon'i ni shitekita.

Words

芸術 (げいじゅつ)

(fine) art; the arts

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

没頭 (ぼっとう)

immersing oneself; devoting oneself; giving oneself up entirely to

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

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

人達 (ひとたち)

people

とも (とも)

certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.); also (called); emphatic particle

懇意 (こんい)

kindness; intimacy; friendship

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to