私の場合、家で読書するほうが図書館で見知らぬ人の隣に座って読書するより好きだ。

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English Translation

For me, reading at home is preferable to reading sitting beside strangers in a library.

Furigana

私(わたし)の場合(ばあい)、家(いえ)で読書(どくしょ)するほうが図書館(としょかん)で見知(みし)らぬ人(ひと)の隣(となり)に座(すわ)って読書(どくしょ)するより好(す)きだ。

Romanji

Watashi no baai, ie de dokushosuru hō ga toshokan de mishiranu hito no tonari ni suwatte dokushosuru yori suki da.

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

場合 (ばあい)

case; situation

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

図書館 (としょかん、ずしょかん)

library

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

隣 (となり)

neighbor (neighbour); next to (esp. living next door to)

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

座る (すわる)

to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still

より (より)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

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