本を選ぶときにまず必要なことは、自分が本当に興味を感じる本を選ぶことである。

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English Translation

The first necessary thing in choosing books to read is to select those which really interest you.

Furigana

本(ほん)を選(えら)ぶときにまず必要(ひつよう)なことは、自分(じぶん)が本当(ほんとう)に興味(きょうみ)を感(かん)じる本(ほん)を選(えら)ぶことである。

Romanji

Hon o erabu tokini mazu hitsuyōna koto wa, jibun ga hontōni kyōmi o kanjiru hon o erabu koto de aru.

Words

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.

選ぶ (えらぶ)

to choose; to select

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

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

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

が (が)

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

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)

really; truly

興味 (きょうみ)

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

感じる (かんじる)

to feel; to sense; to experience