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Zach

彼は探偵小説を読むことに熱中している。

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探偵 小説 読む こと 熱中している

English Translation

He is absorbed in reading a detective story.

Furigana

(かれ)探偵(たんてい)小説(しょうせつ)()むことに熱中(ねっちゅう)している。

Romanji

Kare wa tantei shōsetsu o yomu koto ni netchūshiteiru.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
探偵 (たんてい)
detective; sleuth; investigator
小説 (しょうせつ)
novel; (short) story
()
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
(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
()
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
熱中 (ねっちゅう)
going nuts (over something); enthusiasm; zeal; mania

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: タン、 さぐ.る、 さが.す
Meanings: grope, search, look for
Reading: テイ
Meaning: spy
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く
Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
Readings: ネツ、 あつ.い
Meanings: heat, temperature, fever, mania, passion
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center