彼はあんな小さい字が読めるのだから近視どころではない。

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English Translation

Since he can read such tiny print, he is far from being near-sighted.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はあんな小(ちい)さい字(じ)が読(よ)めるのだから近視(きんし)どころではない。

Romanji

Kare wa anna chiisai ji ga yomeru no da kara kinshi dokoro de wa nai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

あんな (あんな)

such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener); so; that; sort of

小さい (ちいさい)

small; little; tiny

字 (じ)

character (i.e. kanji); hand-writing; penmanship; the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love")

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

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

だ (だ)

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

近視 (きんし)

myopia; shortsightedness; nearsightedness

所 (ところ、とこ)

place; spot; scene; site; address; district; area; locality; one's house; point; part; space; room; whereupon; as a result; about to; on the verge of; was just doing; was in the process of doing; have just done; just finished doing

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix