私の一番の気晴らしは海岸を散歩することです。

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English Translation

My favorite pastime is strolling along the shore.

Furigana

私(わたし)の一番(いちばん)の気晴(きば)らしは海岸(かいがん)を散歩(さんぽ)することです。

Romanji

Watashi no ichiban no kibarashi wa kaigan o sanposuru koto desu.

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

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

気晴らし (きばらし)

recreation; diversion; relaxation

は (は)

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

海岸 (かいがん)

coast; beach

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.

散歩 (さんぽ)

walk; stroll

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

です (です)

be; is