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ぼくのことを言えば、紅茶よりコーヒーの方が好きだ。

Sentence Analyzer

ぼく こと 言えば 紅茶 より コーヒー 好き

English Translation

Me, I prefer coffee to tea.

Furigana

ぼくのことを()えば、紅茶(こうちゃ)よりコーヒーの(ほう)()きだ。

Romanji

Boku no koto o ieba, kōcha yori ko-hi- no hō ga suki da.

Words

(ぼく)
I; me; you; manservant
()
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
(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
()
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.
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
紅茶 (こうちゃ)
black tea
より (より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
珈琲 (コーヒー、こーひー)
coffee
(かた)
direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
好き (すき)
liking; fondness; love
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: コウ、 ク、 べに、 くれない、 あか.い
Meanings: crimson, deep red
Readings: チャ、 サ
Meaning: tea
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い
Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something