ヨットは少数の金持ちだけが楽しめるものだ。

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English Translation

Yachts are for the wealthy few.

Furigana

ヨットは少数(しょうすう)の金持(かねも)ちだけが楽(たの)しめるものだ。

Romanji

Yotto wa shōsū no kanemochi dake ga tanoshimeru mono da.

Words

ヨット (ヨット)

yacht (usually only used for a sailing boat with one mast)

は (は)

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

少数 (しょうすう)

minority; few

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

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

が (が)

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

楽しめる (たのしめる)

to be able to enjoy

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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