雑誌なんか読んで何の役に立つというのか。

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English Translation

What is the use of reading magazines?

Furigana

雑誌(ざっし)なんか読(よ)んで何(なに)の役(やく)に立(た)つというのか。

Romanji

Zasshi nanka yonde nani no yakunitatsu toiu no ka.

Words

雑誌 (ざっし)

journal; magazine; periodical

なんか (なんか)

things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)

読む (よむ)

to read; to count; to guess; to predict; to read (someone's thoughts); to see (e.g. into someone's heart); to divine

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way