いやいや本を読む人はだれも読書の喜びがわからない。

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いやいや 本 を 読む 人 は だれ も 読書 の 喜び が わからない 。

English Translation

Anyone who is unwilling to read does not understand the joy of reading.

Furigana

いやいや本(ほん)を読(よ)む人(ひと)はだれも読書(どくしょ)の喜(よろこ)びがわからない。

Romanji

Iyaiya hon o yomu hito wa dare mo dokusho no yorokobi ga wakaranai.

Words

嫌々 (いやいや)

unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly; shaking head in refusal (to children); no!; no no!; not at all

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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.

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

喜び (よろこび)

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

が (が)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

読

Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み

Meaning: read

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

書

Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき

Meaning: write

喜

Readings: キ、 よろこ.ぶ、 よろこ.ばす

Meanings: rejoice, take pleasure in