祖母は若い頃、琴を弾いてたらしい

N4 祖母 sobo my grandmother N5 若い wakai young N3 琴 koto koto, Japanese harp N3 弾 tama bullet, shot

N3 祖 so ancestor, pioneer, founder N5 母 bo / haha, mo mother, maman, mère N3 若 jaku, nyaku, nya / waka.i, waka-, mo.shikuwa, mo.shi, mo.shikuha, goto.shi young, if, perhaps N1 頃 kei, kyou / koro, goro, shibara.ku time, about, toward N1 琴 kin, gon / koto harp, koto, koto N1 弾 dan, tan / hi.ku, -hi.ki, hazu.mu, tama, haji.ku, haji.keru, tada.su, haji.kiyumi bullet, twang, flip

N4 〜らしい rashii Indicates assumption based on information or typical characteristic, attaches to verb adjective or noun, means apparently or typical of N4 〜し shi Indicates multiple reasons or qualities, connects clauses or adjectives, means besides that, and also N5 〜を o Marks the direct object of an action, appears before the verb, shows what receives the action N5 〜は wa Marks the topic of the sentence, indicates what the sentence is about, can contrast with another element, organizes main information