私は子供のころ読書が大好きだった。

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私は子供のころ読書が大好きだった。

English Translation

I loved reading when I was a child.

Furigana

私(わたし)は子供(こども)のころ読書(どくしょ)が大好(だいす)きだった。

Romanji

Watashi wa kodomo no koro dokusho ga daisuki datta.

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

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

ころ (ころ)

roller; runner; dried whale blubber

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

大好き (だいすき)

loveable; very likeable; like very much

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative