テレビは視聴者に娯楽ばかりではなく、知識も与える。

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English Translation

Television enlightens the viewers as well as entertains them.

Furigana

テレビは視聴者(しちょうしゃ)に娯楽(ごらく)ばかりではなく、知識(ちしき)も与(あた)える。

Romanji

Terebi wa shichōsha ni goraku bakari de wa naku, chishiki mo ataeru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

は (は)

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

視聴者 (しちょうしゃ)

viewer; (television) audience

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

娯楽 (ごらく)

pleasure; amusement

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

だ (だ)

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 ...

知識 (ちしき)

knowledge; information

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

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)