いつの日か役に立つような本を読みなさい。

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English Translation

Read such books as will be useful some day.

Furigana

いつの日(ひ)か役(やく)に立(た)つような本(ほん)を読(よ)みなさい。

Romanji

Itsu no hi ka yakunitatsu yōna hon o yomi nasai.

Words

何時 (いつ)

when; how soon

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

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

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

為さる (なさる)

to do