私は推理小説に興味があります。

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私 は 推理 小説 に 興味 が あります 。

English Translation

Detective stories hold a special attraction for me.

Furigana

私(わたし)は推理(すいり)小説(しょうせつ)に興味(きょうみ)があります。

Romanji

Watashi wa suiri shōsetsu ni kyōmi ga arimasu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

推理 (すいり)

reasoning; inference; mystery or detective genre (movie, novel, etc.)

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

興味 (きょうみ)

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

推

Readings: スイ、 お.す

Meanings: conjecture, infer, guess, suppose, support, push (for)

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

小

Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-

Meanings: little, small

説

Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く

Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor

興

Readings: コウ、 キョウ、 おこ.る、 おこ.す

Meanings: entertain, revive, retrieve, interest, pleasure

味

Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう

Meanings: flavor, taste