大部分ではないにしても多くの人々が文学的趣味を優美なたしなみと見なしている。

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English Translation

Many people, if not most, look on literary taste as an elegant accomplishment.

Furigana

大(だい)部分(ぶぶん)ではないにしても多(おお)くの人々(ひとびと)が文学的(ぶんがくてき)趣味(しゅみ)を優美(ゆうび)なたしなみと見(み)なしている。

Romanji

Dai bubun de wa nai ni shite mo ōku no hitobito ga bungakuteki shumi o yūbina tashinami to minashiteiru.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

部分 (ぶぶん)

portion; section; part

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.

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

文学的 (ぶんがくてき)

literary

趣味 (しゅみ)

hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking

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.

優美 (ゆうび)

grace; refinement; elegance; daintiness

嗜む (たしなむ)

to have a taste for; to be fond of; to have an interest in (e.g. a hobby); to be modest; to be prudent

と (と)

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

見なす (みなす)

to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate