シェークスピアはラテン語をほんの少ししか知らなかったが、そのわずかなことを大いに利用した。

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シェークスピアはらてん語をほんの少ししか知らなかったが、そのわずかなことを大いに利用した。

English Translation

Shakespeare knew only a little Latin, but he put the little he knew to very good use.

Furigana

シェークスピアはラテン語(ご)をほんの少(すこ)ししか知(し)らなかったが、そのわずかなことを大(おお)いに利用(りよう)した。

Romanji

She-Kusupia wa ratengo o honno sukoshi shika shiranakatta ga, sono wazuka na koto o ōini riyōshita.

Words

は (は)

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

ラテン語 (ラテンご、らてんご)

Latin

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.

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

僅か (わずか)

only; merely; (a) little; small quantity

だ (だ)

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

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

大いに (おおいに)

very; much; greatly; a lot of

利用 (りよう)

use; utilization; utilisation; application