葡萄酒のない食事なんて太陽の輝きのない日のようなものだ。

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English Translation

A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine.

Furigana

葡萄酒(ぶどうしゅ)のない食事(しょくじ)なんて太陽(たいよう)の輝(かがや)きのない日(ひ)のようなものだ。

Romanji

Budōshu no nai shokuji nante taiyō no kagayaki no nai hi no yōna mono da.

Words

葡萄酒 (ぶどうしゅ、ブドウしゅ)

(grape) wine

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

食事 (しょくじ)

meal; to eat

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

太陽 (たいよう)

sun; solar

輝き (かがやき)

brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative