読む価値の無い本はまず第一に買う価値が無い。

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English Translation

A book not worth reading is not worth buying in the first place.

Furigana

読(よ)む価値(かち)の無(な)い本(ほん)はまず第(だい)一(いち)に買(か)う価値(かち)が無(な)い。

Romanji

Yomu kachi no nai hon wa mazu dai ichi ni kau kachi ga nai.

Words

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

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

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

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 ...

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

は (は)

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

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

第 (だい)

ordinal

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

買う (かう)

to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke

が (が)

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