読書と精神の関係は、運動が肉体の関係と同じだ。

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English Translation

What exercise is to the body, reading is to the mind.

Furigana

読書(どくしょ)と精神(せいしん)の関係(かんけい)は、運動(うんどう)が肉体(にくたい)の関係(かんけい)と同(おな)じだ。

Romanji

Dokusho to seishin no kankei wa, undō ga nikutai no kankei to onaji da.

Words

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

精神 (せいしん)

mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

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

関係 (かんけい)

relation; relationship; connection; participation; involvement; concern; influence; effect; sexual relations; sexual relationship; related to ...; connected to ...

は (は)

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

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

が (が)

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

肉体 (にくたい)

the body; the flesh

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

だ (だ)

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