趣味といえば、あなたは切手を集めていますか。

Sentence Analyzer

趣味 と いえば 、 あなた は 切手 を 集めています か 。

English Translation

Speaking of hobbies, do you collect stamps?

Furigana

趣味(しゅみ)といえば、あなたは切手(きって)を集(あつ)めていますか。

Romanji

Shumi to ieba, anata wa kitte o atsumeteimasu ka.

Words

趣味 (しゅみ)

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

貴方 (あなた)

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

は (は)

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

切手 (きって)

stamp (postage); merchandise certificate

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.

集める (あつめる)

to collect; to assemble; to gather

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

Kanji

趣

Readings: シュ、 おもむき、 おもむ.く

Meanings: purport, gist, elegance, interest, proceed to, tend, become

味

Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう

Meanings: flavor, taste

切

Readings: セツ、 サイ、 き.る、 -き.る、 き.り、 -き.り、 -ぎ.り、 き.れる、 -き.れる、 き.れ、 -き.れ、 -ぎ.れ

Meanings: cut, cutoff, be sharp

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

集

Readings: シュウ、 あつ.まる、 あつ.める、 つど.う

Meanings: gather, meet, congregate, swarm, flock