僕たちはゲームを楽しむためというよりただ暇をつぶすためにチェスをした。
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English Translation
We played chess not so much to enjoy the game as just to kill time.
Furigana
Romanji
Bokutachi wa ge-mu o tanoshimu tame to iu yori tada hima o tsubusu tameni tyesu o shita.
Words
僕達
(ぼくたち)
we
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ゲーム
(ゲーム)
game
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.
楽しむ
(たのしむ)
to enjoy (oneself)
為
(ため)
good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
結う
(ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix
より
(より)
than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more
只
(ただ、タダ)
ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless
暇
(ひま、いとま、ヒマ)
spare time; free time; leisure; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; leaving; departing
潰す
(つぶす)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to thwart; to block; to kill (time); to waste (e.g. talents)
為に
(ために)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
チェス
(チェス)
chess
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to