私はこんな退屈な本を読んだことがない。

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私 は こんな 退屈な 本 を 読んだ こと が ない 。

English Translation

Never have I read such a dull book.

Furigana

私(わたし)はこんな退屈(たいくつ)な本(ほん)を読(よ)んだことがない。

Romanji

Watashi wa konna taikutsuna hon o yonda koto ga nai.

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

こんな (こんな)

such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this

退屈 (たいくつ)

tedium; boredom

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.

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

退

Readings: タイ、 しりぞ.く、 しりぞ.ける、 ひ.く、 の.く、 の.ける、 ど.く

Meanings: retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject

屈

Readings: クツ、 かが.む、 かが.める

Meanings: yield, bend, flinch, submit

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

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

読

Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み

Meaning: read