テレビそれ自体は悪い物ではないが、多くの人はテレビを見過ぎることが多いということである。

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English Translation

Although it is not a bad thing in itself, in a lot of cases, many people are watching too much television.

Furigana

テレビそれ自体(じたい)は悪(わる)い物(もの)ではないが、多(おお)くの人(ひと)はテレビを見過(みす)ぎることが多(おお)いということである。

Romanji

Terebi sore jitai wa warui mono de wa nai ga, ōku no hito wa terebi o misugiru koto ga ōi toiu koto de aru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

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

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

自体 (じたい)

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

は (は)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

物 (もの、もん)

thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

が (が)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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.

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...

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...