この小説の方が先週読んだ小説よりおもしろい。

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English Translation

This novel is more interesting than the one I read last week.

Furigana

この小説(しょうせつ)の方(ほう)が先週(せんしゅう)読(よ)んだ小説(しょうせつ)よりおもしろい。

Romanji

Kono shōsetsu no hō ga senshū yonda shōsetsu yori omoshiroi.

Words

此の (この)

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

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

先週 (せんしゅう)

last week; the week before

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

面白い (おもしろい)

interesting; amusing