読書の喜びほど大きな喜びはない。

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読書の喜びほど大きな喜びはない。

English Translation

No pleasure is greater than that of reading.

Furigana

読書(どくしょ)の喜(よろこ)びほど大(おお)きな喜(よろこ)びはない。

Romanji

Dokusho no yorokobi hodo ōkina yorokobi wa nai.

Words

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

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

喜び (よろこび)

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

程 (ほど)

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

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix