美しい教会を建てたり、テニスをしたり、冗談を言ったり歌を作曲したり、月旅行をするような動物はいない。

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English Translation

No animal builds beautiful churches, plays tennis, tells jokes, writes songs or visits the moon.

Furigana

美(うつく)しい教会(きょうかい)を建(た)てたり、テニスをしたり、冗談(じょうだん)を言(い)ったり歌(うた)を作曲(さっきょく)したり、月(つき)旅行(りょこう)をするような動物(どうぶつ)はいない。

Romanji

Utsukushii kyōkai o tate tari, tenisu o shi tari, jōdan o i tari uta o sakkyokushi tari, tsuki ryokō o suru yōna dōbutsu wa inai.

Words

美しい (うつくしい)

beautiful; lovely

教会 (きょうかい)

church

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.

建てる (たてる)

to build; to construct

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

テニス (テニス)

tennis

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)

jest; joke; funny story

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

歌 (うた)

song; classical Japanese poetry (esp. tanka); modern poetry

作曲 (さっきょく)

composition; setting (of music)

月 (つき)

moon; month

旅行 (りょこう)

travel; trip

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

動物 (どうぶつ)

animal

は (は)

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want