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もし試験がなかったら僕たちの学校生活はなんと楽しいことだろう。

Sentence Analyzer

もし 試験 なかったら 僕たち 学校 生活 なんと 楽しい こと だろう

English Translation

If it were not for examinations, how happy our school life would be!

Furigana

もし試験(しけん)がなかったら(ぼく)たちの学校(がっこう)生活(せいかつ)はなんと(たの)しいことだろう。

Romanji

Moshi shiken ga nakattara bokutachi no gakkō seikatsu wa nanto tanoshii koto darou.

Words

若し (もし)
if; in case; supposing
試験 (しけん)
examination; test; study; trial; experiment
()
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 ...
僕達 (ぼくたち)
we
()
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
学校 (がっこう)
school
生活 (せいかつ)
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何と (なんと)
what; how; whatever
楽しい (たのしい)
enjoyable; fun
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: シ、 こころ.みる、 ため.す
Meanings: test, try, attempt, experiment, ordeal
Readings: ケン、 ゲン、 あかし、 しるし、 ため.す、 ためし
Meanings: verification, effect, testing
Readings: ボク、 しもべ
Meanings: me, I (male)
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
Readings: コウ、 キョウ
Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: カツ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける
Meanings: lively, resuscitation, being helped, living
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease