父は料理が得意だ。母はといえば、食べるのが得意だ。

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English Translation

Father is good at cooking. As for Mother, she is good at eating.

Furigana

父(ちち)は料理(りょうり)が得意(とくい)だ。母(はは)はといえば、食(た)べるのが得意(とくい)だ。

Romanji

Chichi wa ryōri ga tokui da. haha wa to ieba, taberu no ga tokui da.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

料理 (りょうり)

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

得意 (とくい)

triumph; prosperity; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; one's specialty; frequent customer (client, etc.)

だ (だ)

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

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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