読書が嫌いというわけではなく、時間が無いのだ。

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English Translation

It's not that I dislike reading; it's just that I have no time.

Furigana

読書(どくしょ)が嫌(きら)いというわけではなく、時間(じかん)が無(な)いのだ。

Romanji

Dokusho ga kirai toiu wake de wa naku, jikan ga nai no da.

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

嫌い (きらい)

dislike; hate; suspicion; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

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