こういう練習や読書のための私の時間は、夜、仕事の後、朝、仕事が始まる前、日曜である。

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English Translation

My time for these exercise and reading was at night, after work or before it began in the morning, or on Sundays.

Furigana

こういう練習(れんしゅう)や読書(どくしょ)のための私(わたし)の時間(じかん)は、夜(よる)、仕事(しごと)の後(のち)、朝(あさ)、仕事(しごと)が始(はじ)まる前(まえ)、日曜(にちよう)である。

Romanji

Kōiu renshū ya dokusho no tame no watashi no jikan wa, yoru, shigoto no nochi, asa, shigoto ga hajimaru mae, nichiyō de aru.

Words

こう言う (こういう、こうゆう)

such; like this

練習 (れんしゅう)

practice; practising

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

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

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

は (は)

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

夜 (よる、よ)

evening; night

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

後 (あと)

behind; rear; after; later; after one's death; remainder; the rest; descendant; successor; heir; past; previous; more (e.g. five more minutes); left

朝 (あさ、あした)

morning

が (が)

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

始まる (はじまる)

to begin; to start; to commence; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

日曜 (にちよう)

Sunday

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...