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テレビやマンガのせいで学生は本を読みません。

Sentence Analyzer

テレビ や まんが の せい で 学生 は 本 を 読みません 。

English Translation

Students don't read many books because of TV and comics.

Furigana

テレビやマンガのせいで学生(がくせい)は本(ほん)を読(よ)みません。

Romanji

Terebi ya manga no sei de gakusei wa hon o yomimasen.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
や (や)
such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question
漫画 (まんが、マンガ)
cartoon; comic; comic strip
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
所為 (せい、せえ)
consequence; outcome; result; blame
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.
学生 (がくせい)
student (esp. a university student)
は (は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
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.
読む (よむ)
to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

Kanji

学
Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ
Meanings: study, learning, science
生
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
本
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
読
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read