外国人は英詩をたくさん読んで初めてシェイクスピアの作品を理解することができる。

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English Translation

Only if a foreigner has read much English poetry can he understand Shakespeare.

Furigana

外国人(がいこくじん)は英(えい)詩(し)をたくさん読(よ)んで初(はじ)めてシェイクスピアの作品(さくひん)を理解(りかい)することができる。

Romanji

Gaikokujin wa Ei shi o takusan yonde hajimete Sheikusupia no sakuhin o rikaisuru koto ga dekiru.

Words

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

は (は)

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

英 (えい)

Britain; British

詩 (し)

poem; verse of poetry

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.

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

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

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

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

作品 (さくひん)

work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant