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Zach

これと言って趣味はないんですが、強いて言えば、音楽鑑賞ですかね。

Sentence Analyzer

これ 言って 趣味 ない です 強いて 言えば 音楽 鑑賞 です

English Translation

I don't know if you'd call it a hobby, but to stretch it a little, you could say music appreciation is my hobby.

Furigana

これと()って趣味(しゅみ)はないんですが、()いて()えば、音楽(おんがく)鑑賞(かんしょう)ですかね。

Romanji

Kore to itte shumi wa nai n desu ga, shiite ieba, ongaku kanshō desu ka ne.

Words

此れ (これ)
this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
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
趣味 (しゅみ)
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
です (です)
be; is
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
強いて (しいて)
by force
音楽 (おんがく)
music; musical movement
鑑賞 (かんしょう)
appreciation (e.g. of art); aesthetic sense
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: シュ、 おもむき、 おもむ.く
Meanings: purport, gist, elegance, interest, proceed to, tend, become
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste
Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 つよ.い、 つよ.まる、 つよ.める、 し.いる、 こわ.い
Meaning: strong
Readings: オン、 イン、 -ノン、 おと、 ね
Meanings: sound, noise
Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: カン、 かんが.みる、 かがみ
Meanings: specimen, take warning from, learn from
Readings: ショウ、 ほ.める
Meanings: prize, reward, praise