テレビは私たちから家庭での夕食時の会話の楽しみを奪ってしまった。

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English Translation

TV has robbed us of our enjoyment of conversation at dinner at home.

Furigana

テレビは私(わたし)たちから家庭(かてい)での夕食時(ゆうしょくじ)の会話(かいわ)の楽(たの)しみを奪(うば)ってしまった。

Romanji

Terebi wa watashitachi kara katei de no yūshokuji no kaiwa no tanoshimi o ubatteshimatta.

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

家庭 (かてい)

home; family; household

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.

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

夕食時 (ゆうしょくじ)

dinnertime; suppertime

会話 (かいわ)

conversation

楽しみ (たのしみ)

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby; anticipation; looking forward to

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.

奪う (うばう)

to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal