重要なのは、何冊本を読むかでなく、どんな本を読むかである。

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English Translation

What is important is not how many books you read, but what books you read.

Furigana

重要(じゅうよう)なのは、何(なん)冊(さつ)本(ほん)を読(よ)むかでなく、どんな本(ほん)を読(よ)むかである。

Romanji

Jūyōna no wa, nan satsu hon o yomu ka denaku, donna hon o yomu ka de aru.

Words

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

冊 (さつ)

counter for books; volume

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

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

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

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

だ (だ)

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

どんな (どんな)

what; what kind of; (with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...