時には読書が彼の時間の半分を占めた。

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時には読書が彼の時間の半分を占めた。

English Translation

Sometimes reading took up half his time.

Furigana

時(とき)には読書(どくしょ)が彼(かれ)の時間(じかん)の半分(はんぶん)を占(し)めた。

Romanji

Tokiniha dokusho ga kare no jikan no hanbun o shimeta.

Words

時には (ときには)

at times; occasionally

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

半分 (はんぶん)

half

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.

占める (しめる)

to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up