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Zach

父はとても忙しいので本を読む暇がない。

Sentence Analyzer

父 は とても 忙しい ので 本 を 読む 暇 が ない 。

English Translation

My father, who is very busy, has no time to read books.

Furigana

父(ちち)はとても忙(いそが)しいので本(ほん)を読(よ)む暇(ひま)がない。

Romanji

Chichi wa totemo isogashii node hon o yomu hima ga nai.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
は (は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
迚も (とても、とっても)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
忙しい (いそがしい、せわしい)
busy; hectic; occupied; engaged
ので (ので、んで)
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...
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
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
暇 (ひま、いとま、ヒマ)
spare time; free time; leisure; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; vacation; holiday; leave; quitting (one's job); firing someone; divorcing (one's spouse); (of one's time) free; (of one's business) slow; leaving; departing
が (が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
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 ...

Kanji

父
Readings: フ、 ちち
Meaning: father
忙
Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 いそが.しい、 せわ.しい、 おそ.れる、 うれえるさま
Meanings: busy, occupied, restless
本
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
読
Readings: ドク、 トク、 トウ、 よ.む、 -よ.み
Meaning: read
暇
Readings: カ、 ひま、 いとま
Meanings: spare time, rest, leisure, time, leave of absence