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Zach

ホーキングにとって、この本を書くことは容易ではなかった。

Sentence Analyzer

ホーキング にとって この 書く こと 容易 なかった

English Translation

For Hawking, writing this book was not easy.

Furigana

ホーキングにとって、この(ほん)()くことは容易(ようい)ではなかった。

Romanji

Ho-Kingu nitotte, kono hon o kaku koto wa yōi de wa nakatta.

Words

に取って (にとって)
to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding
此の (この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
(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
()
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.
書く (かく)
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
(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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
容易 (ようい)
easy; simple; plain
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
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 ...

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: ヨウ、 い.れる
Meanings: contain, form, looks
Readings: エキ、 イ、 やさ.しい、 やす.い
Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination