どのような集まりでも贈り物を交換することの喜びの半分は、他の人たちが持ってきたものを見、そしてそれについて語り合うことの中。

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English Translation

Half the fun of giving and receiving presents at any party is to see and talk about what everyone else brought.

Furigana

どのような集(あつ)まりでも贈(おく)り物(もの)を交換(こうかん)することの喜(よろこ)びの半分(はんぶん)は、他(た)の人(ひと)たちが持(も)ってきたものを見(み)、そしてそれについて語(かた)り合(あ)うことの中(なか)。

Romanji

Dono yōna atsumari de mo okurimono o kōkansuru koto no yorokobi no hanbun wa, ta no hitotachi ga mottekita mono o mi, soshite sore nitsuite katariau koto no naka.

Words

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

集まり (あつまり)

gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

贈り物 (おくりもの)

present; gift

を (を)

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.

交換 (こうかん)

exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques)

事 (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

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

喜び (よろこび)

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

半分 (はんぶん)

half

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

人達 (ひとたち)

people

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

者 (もの、もん)

person

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

然して (そして、しかして)

and; and then; thus; and now

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

語り合う (かたりあう)

to talk together

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while