読書が精神に対するのは、食物が身体に対するようなものである。

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English Translation

Reading is to the mind as food is to the body.

Furigana

読書(どくしょ)が精神(せいしん)に対(たい)するのは、食物(しょくもつ)が身体(しんたい)に対(たい)するようなものである。

Romanji

Dokusho ga seishin nitaisuru no wa, shokumotsu ga shintai nitaisuru yōna mono de aru.

Words

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

が (が)

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

精神 (せいしん)

mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention

に対する (にたいする)

regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to

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

は (は)

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

食物 (しょくもつ)

food; foodstuff

体 (からだ、しんたい、しんだい、しんてい)

body; torso; trunk; build; physique; constitution; health; corpse; dead body

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...