なぜこの本が若い人々に愛されているのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

なぜ この 本 が 若い 人々 に 愛されている の です か 。

English Translation

Why is this book loved by young people?

Furigana

なぜこの本(ほん)が若(わか)い人々(ひとびと)に愛(あい)されているのですか。

Romanji

Naze kono hon ga wakai hitobito ni aisareteiru no desu ka.

Words

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

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

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

愛す (あいす)

to love

の (の)

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

です (です)

be; is

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

若

Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し

Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

愛

Readings: アイ、 いと.しい、 かな.しい、 め.でる、 お.しむ、 まな

Meanings: love, affection, favourite