私はその本を座右に置いている。

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私 は その 本 を 座右 に 置いている 。

English Translation

I keep the book at hand.

Furigana

私(わたし)はその本(ほん)を座右(ざゆう)に置(お)いている。

Romanji

Watashi wa sono hon o zayū ni oiteiru.

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

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.

座右 (ざゆう)

at one's right; at one's side; on hand

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

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

座

Readings: ザ、 すわ.る

Meanings: squat, seat, cushion, gathering, sit

右

Readings: ウ、 ユウ、 みぎ

Meaning: right

置

Readings: チ、 お.く、 -お.き

Meanings: placement, put, set, deposit, leave behind, keep, employ, pawn