イギリスの劇作家でシェイクスピアに匹敵する者はほかにいない。

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English Translation

No other English dramatist rivals Shakespeare.

Furigana

イギリスの劇(げき)作家(さっか)でシェイクスピアに匹敵(ひってき)する者(もの)はほかにいない。

Romanji

Igirisu no geki sakka de Sheikusupia ni hittekisuru mono wa hoka ni inai.

Words

英吉利 (イギリス)

Great Britain; United Kingdom

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

劇 (げき)

drama; play; powerful drug

作家 (さっか)

author; writer; novelist; artist

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

匹敵 (ひってき)

comparing with; match; rival; equal

者 (もの、もん)

person

は (は)

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

他 (ほか)

other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to); besides...; in addition to...

要る (いる)

to need; to want