修士論文を書き終えるのに一年かかった

N1 修士 shuushi Masters degree program N3 論文 ronbun academic paper, thesis, dissertation N3 終える oeru finish, complete, end N5 一 ichi one, number one N5 年 toshi year, age

N1 修 shuu, shu / osa.meru, osa.maru discipline, conduct oneself well, study N1 士 shi / samurai gentleman, scholar, samurai N3 論 ron / agetsura.u argument, discourse, argumentation N4 文 bun, mon / fumi, aya sentence, literature, style N5 書 sho / ka.ku, -ga.ki, -gaki write, écrire, escritura N4 終 shuu / o.waru, -o.waru, owa.ru, o.eru, tsui, tsui.ni end, finish, finir N5 一 ichi, itsu / hito-, hito.tsu one, one radical (no.1), un N5 年 nen / toshi year, counter for years, année

N4 〜のに noni Indicates unexpected contrast, connects two opposing ideas, means although, despite, even though N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜に ni Indicates destination, target, arrival point, specific time, or person receiving an action N5 〜の no Indicates possession, relation between nouns, nominal explanation, or turns a verb into a noun phrase N5 〜か ka Marks a question, alternative, or uncertainty, appears at the sentence end or between options