このいすは見かけはすてきだが、長期の使用には耐えられない。

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English Translation

Indeed this chair is fine to look at, but it will not stand up to long use.

Furigana

このいすは見(み)かけはすてきだが、長期(ちょうき)の使用(しよう)には耐(た)えられない。

Romanji

Kono isu wa mikake wa suteki da ga, chōki no shiyō ni wa taerarenai.

Words

此の (この)

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

椅子 (いす)

chair; stool; post; office; position

は (は)

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

見かけ (みかけ)

outward appearance

素敵 (すてき)

lovely; dreamy; beautiful; great; fantastic; superb; cool; capital

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

長期 (ちょうき)

long time period; long term

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

使用 (しよう)

use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

耐える (たえる、こらえる、こたえる)

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with; to support; to withstand; to resist; to brave; to be fit for; to be equal to