読書は一種の習慣で、一度この習慣が身につけば、それを失うことは決してない。

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English Translation

Reading is the kind of habit that once acquired is never lost.

Furigana

読書(どくしょ)は一種(いっしゅ)の習慣(しゅうかん)で、一度(いちど)この習慣(しゅうかん)が身(み)につけば、それを失(うしな)うことは決(けっ)してない。

Romanji

Dokusho wa isshu no shūkan de, ichido kono shūkan ga mi ni tsukeba, sore o ushinau koto wa kesshite nai.

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

一種 (いっしゅ、ひとくさ)

species; kind; variety

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

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

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.

一度 (いちど、ひとたび)

once; one time; on one occasion; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone; one musical interval

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

が (が)

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

身 (み)

body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.); wood (as opposed to bark); blade (as opposed to its handle); container (as opposed to its lid)

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

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.

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

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

決して (けっして、けして)

never; by no means; not in the least; in no way

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix