読書は余暇を過ごすための楽しい方法です。

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English Translation

Reading is a pleasant way to spend one's leisure.

Furigana

読書(どくしょ)は余暇(よか)を過(す)ごすための楽(たの)しい方法(ほうほう)です。

Romanji

Dokusho wa yoka o sugosu tame no tanoshii hōhō desu.

Words

読書 (どくしょ、とくしょ)

reading

は (は)

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

余暇 (よか)

leisure; leisure time; spare time

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.

過ごす (すごす)

to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); to take care of; to support; to overdo; to do too much; to ... without acting on it

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

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

楽しい (たのしい)

enjoyable; fun

方法 (ほうほう)

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

です (です)

be; is