父は暇なときにはよく推理小説を読んでいました。

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English Translation

Father would often read detective stories in his spare time.

Furigana

父(ちち)は暇(ひま)なときにはよく推理(すいり)小説(しょうせつ)を読(よ)んでいました。

Romanji

Chichi wa himana tokini wa yoku suiri shōsetsu o yondeimashita.

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

暇 (ひま、いとま、ヒマ)

spare time; free time; leisure; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; leaving; departing

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

推理 (すいり)

reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine