安いからではなく、役に立つから私はこの本を買いたい。

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English Translation

I want to buy this book not because it is cheap, but because it is useful.

Furigana

安(やす)いからではなく、役(やく)に立(た)つから私(わたし)はこの本(ほん)を買(か)いたい。

Romanji

Yasui kara de wa naku, yakunitatsu kara watashi wa kono hon o kaitai.

Words

安い (やすい)

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke