哲学はあなたがたが考えているほど難しい学科ではない。

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English Translation

Philosophy is not so difficult a subject as you imagine it is.

Furigana

哲学(てつがく)はあなたがたが考(かんが)えているほど難(むずか)しい学科(がっか)ではない。

Romanji

Tetsugaku wa anata gata ga kangaeteiru hodo muzukashii gakka de wa nai.

Words

哲学 (てつがく)

philosophy

は (は)

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

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

程 (ほど)

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

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

学科 (がっか)

study subject; course of study; department (university, etc.)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix