机の上には本が１冊しかない。

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机 の 上に は 本 が １ 冊 しか ない 。

English Translation

There is only one book on the desk.

Furigana

机(つくえ)の上(うえ)には本(ほん)が１冊(さつ)しかない。

Romanji

Tsukue no ueni wa hon ga ichi satsu shika nai.

Words

机 (つくえ、つき)

desk

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

は (は)

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

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

冊 (さつ)

counter for books; volume

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

机

Readings: キ、 つくえ

Meanings: desk, table

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

冊

Readings: サツ、 サク、 ふみ

Meanings: tome, counter for books, volume