文学批評を読むことは文学を理解するのにとても役立つ。

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English Translation

Reading literary criticism is very helpful to understanding literature.

Furigana

文学(ぶんがく)批評(ひひょう)を読(よ)むことは文学(ぶんがく)を理解(りかい)するのにとても役立(やくだ)つ。

Romanji

Bungaku hihyō o yomu koto wa bungaku o rikaisuru no ni totemo yakudatsu.

Words

文学 (ぶんがく)

literature

批評 (ひひょう)

criticism; review; commentary

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.

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

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

は (は)

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

役立つ (やくだつ)

to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose