コンピューターのマニュアルを読むだけでは所詮畳の上の水練だ。

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English Translation

Just reading a computer manual is like practicing swimming on dry land.

Furigana

コンピューターのマニュアルを読(よ)むだけでは所詮(しょせん)畳(たたみ)の上(うえ)の水練(すいれん)だ。

Romanji

Konpyu-ta- no manyuaru o yomu dake de wa shosen tatami no ue no suiren da.

Words

コンピュータ (コンピュータ、コンピューター)

computer

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

マニュアル (マニュアル)

manual

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

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

所詮 (しょせん、そせん)

after all

畳 (たたみ)

tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings

上 (うえ)

above; up; over; elder (e.g. daughter); top; summit; surface; on; before; previous; superiority; one's superior (i.e. one's elder); on top of that; besides; what's more; upon (further inspection, etc.); based on (and occurring after); matters concerning...; as concerns ...; since (i.e. "for that reason"); suffix indicating higher social standing; place of one's superior (i.e. the throne); emperor; sovereign; shogun; daimyo; noblewoman (esp. the wife of a nobleman)

水練 (すいれん)

swimming practice