日本ほど本を読む人の多い国はないし、また日本ほど本の安い国もない。

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English Translation

There is no other country where books are read by so many people and can be bought so cheaply as in Japan.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)ほど本(ほん)を読(よ)む人(ひと)の多(おお)い国(くに)はないし、また日本(にっぽん)ほど本(ほん)の安(やす)い国(くに)もない。

Romanji

Nippon hodo hon o yomu hito no ōi kuni wa nai shi, mata Nippon hodo hon no yasui kuni mo nai.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

安い (やすい)

cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other