この作家が本領を発揮しているのは短編小説だ。

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English Translation

This writer is at his best in his short stories.

Furigana

この作家(さっか)が本領(ほんりょう)を発揮(はっき)しているのは短編(たんぺん)小説(しょうせつ)だ。

Romanji

Kono sakka ga honryō o hakkishiteiru no wa tanpen shōsetsu da.

Words

此の (この)

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

作家 (さっか)

author; writer; novelist; artist

が (が)

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

本領 (ほんりょう)

speciality; specialty; characteristic; proper function; duty; original fief

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.

発揮 (はっき)

exhibition; demonstration; show; display; manifestation

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

は (は)

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

短編 (たんぺん)

short (e.g. story, film)

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

だ (だ)

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