パソコンの使い方も知らないのにあんな高い機種を買うなんて、宝の持ち腐れだ。

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English Translation

What a waste to buy such an expensive machine even though he doesn't even know how to use computers.

Furigana

パソコンの使(つか)い方(かた)も知(し)らないのにあんな高(たか)い機種(きしゅ)を買(か)うなんて、宝(たから)の持(も)ち腐(ぐさ)れだ。

Romanji

Pasokon no tsukaikata mo shiranai noni anna takai kishu o kau nante, takara no mochigusare da.

Words

パソコン (パソコン)

personal computer

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

使い方 (つかいかた)

way to use something; treatment; management (of help)

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

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

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

あんな (あんな)

such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

機種 (きしゅ)

type of equipment; model

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.

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

宝 (たから)

treasure

持ち腐れ (もちぐされ)

unused possession

だ (だ)

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