妻は外食をするのが好きなので、料理をする必要がない。

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English Translation

My wife likes to eat out and so she doesn't have to cook.

Furigana

妻(つま)は外食(がいしょく)をするのが好(す)きなので、料理(りょうり)をする必要(ひつよう)がない。

Romanji

Tsuma wa gaishoku o suru no ga sukina node, ryōri o suru hitsuyō ga nai.

Words

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

は (は)

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

外食 (がいしょく)

eating out

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.

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

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

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

料理 (りょうり)

cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration; management

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...