時には読書が彼の時間の半分を占めた。
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English Translation
Sometimes reading took up half his time.
Furigana
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
Kanji
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
Readings: ショ、 か.く、 -が.き、 -がき
Meaning: write
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ハン、 なか.ば
Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: セン、 し.める、 うらな.う
Meanings: fortune-telling, divining, forecasting, occupy, hold, have, get, take