私は牛肉より羊肉の方が好きだ。

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私は牛肉より羊肉の方が好きだ。

English Translation

I prefer mutton to beef.

Furigana

私(わたし)は牛肉(ぎゅうにく)より羊(ひつじ)肉(にく)の方(ほう)が好(す)きだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa gyūniku yori hitsuji niku no hō ga suki da.

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

牛肉 (ぎゅうにく)

beef

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

羊 (ひつじ、ヒツジ)

sheep (Ovis aries)

肉 (にく、しし)

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

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