私の祖父は読書が大好きで、本を開かない日は１日もありません。

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English Translation

My grandfather is so fond of reading that not a day passes in which he doesn't open a book.

Furigana

私(わたし)の祖父(そふ)は読書(どくしょ)が大好(だいす)きで、本(ほん)を開(ひら)かない日(ひ)は１日(にち)もありません。

Romanji

Watashi no sofu wa dokusho ga daisuki de, hon o hirakanai hi wa ichi nichi mo arimasen.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

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

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.

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

日 (にち)

Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about