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もしスポーツがなければ学校生活はなんとつまらないものだろう。

Sentence Analyzer

もし スポーツ なければ 学校 生活 なんと つまらない もの だろう

English Translation

If it were not for sports, how dull school life would be!

Furigana

もしスポーツがなければ学校(がっこう)生活(せいかつ)はなんとつまらないものだろう。

Romanji

Moshi supo-tsu ga nakereba gakkō seikatsu wa nanto tsumaranai mono darou.

Words

若し (もし)
if; in case; supposing
スポーツ (スポーツ)
sport; sports
()
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 ...
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
詰らない (つまらない)
dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; foolish; silly; stupid; useless; pointless; disappointing
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

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