もし本がなければ、人生は退屈だろう。

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もし本がなければ、人生は退屈だろう。

English Translation

If it were not for books, life would be boring.

Furigana

もし本(ほん)がなければ、人生(じんせい)は退屈(たいくつ)だろう。

Romanji

Moshi hon ga nakereba, jinsei wa taikutsu darou.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

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

が (が)

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

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 ...

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

は (は)

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

退屈 (たいくつ)

tedium; boredom

だ (だ)

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