これこそ私が長い間読みたいと思っていた本だ。

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English Translation

This is the very book that I have long wanted to read.

Furigana

これこそ私(わたし)が長(なが)い間(ま)読(よ)みたいと思(おも)っていた本(ほん)だ。

Romanji

Kore koso watashi ga nagai ma yomitai to omotteita hon da.

Words

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

こそ (こそ)

for sure (emphasize preceding word)

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

が (が)

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

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

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

だ (だ)

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