趣味というものを説明することは出来ない。

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趣味 という もの を 説明する こと は 出来ない 。

English Translation

There is no accounting for tastes.

Furigana

趣味(しゅみ)というものを説明(せつめい)することは出来(でき)ない。

Romanji

Shumi toiu mono o setsumeisuru koto wa dekinai.

Words

趣味 (しゅみ)

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

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.

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

は (は)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

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

説

Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

明

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす

Meanings: bright, light

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

来

Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ

Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become