この薔薇の花は先日私が買ったものほど甘い香りがしない。

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English Translation

This rose does not smell so sweet as the one I bought the other day.

Furigana

この薔薇(ばら)の花(はな)は先日(せんじつ)私(わたし)が買(か)ったものほど甘(あま)い香(かお)りがしない。

Romanji

Kono bara no hana wa senjitsu watashi ga katta mono hodo amai kaori ga shinai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

薔薇 (ばら、しょうび、そうび、バラ)

rose

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

花 (はな)

flower; blossom; bloom; petal; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; Japanese playing cards; beauty; (the) best

は (は)

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

先日 (せんじつ)

the other day; a few days ago

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

買う (かう)

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

甘い (あまい)

sweet-tasting; sweet; sugary; sugared; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; not spicy; naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; lenient; half-hearted; not finished properly; insufficient; not satisfactory; inadequate; loose; mild; tempting; enticing; luring

香り (かおり)

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

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