ぼくは飛行機より列車で旅行する方が好きだ。

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English Translation

I prefer traveling by train to flying.

Furigana

ぼくは飛行機(ひこうき)より列車(れっしゃ)で旅行(りょこう)する方(ほう)が好(す)きだ。

Romanji

Boku wa hikōki yori ressha de ryokōsuru hō ga suki da.

Words

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

列車 (れっしゃ)

train (ordinary)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

旅行 (りょこう)

travel; trip

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

好き (すき)

liking; fondness; love

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

飛

Readings: ヒ、と.ぶ、と.ばす、 -と.ばす

Meanings: fly, skip (pages), scatter

行

Readings: コウ、ギョウ、アン、い.く、ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、おこな.う、おこ.なう

Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank

機

Readings: キ、はた

Meanings: loom, mechanism, machine, airplane, opportunity, potency, efficacy, occasion

列

Readings: レツ、レ

Meanings: file, row, rank, tier, column

車

Readings: シャ、くるま

Meaning: car

旅

Readings: リョ、たび

Meanings: trip, travel

方

Readings: ホウ、かた、 -かた、 -がた

Meanings: direction, person, alternative

好

Readings: コウ、この.む、す.く、よ.い、い.い

Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something