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Zach

あなたにほんの3日しかかからないことが私には3週間かかります。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた ほんの しか かからない こと 週間 かかります

English Translation

What takes you only three days, takes me as many weeks.

Furigana

あなたにほんの3(にち)しかかからないことが(わたし)には3週間(しゅうかん)かかります。

Romanji

Anata ni honno san nichi shika kakaranai koto ga watashi ni wa san shūkan kakarimasu.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
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
本の (ほんの)
mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)
(さん、み)
three; tri-
(にち)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
しか (しか)
only; nothing but
罹る (かかる)
to suffer from
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
週間 (しゅうかん)
week; weekly

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Reading: シュウ
Meaning: week
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space