若いとき彼はしばらくの間共産主義をもてあそんだ。

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English Translation

As a young man he flirted briefly with communism.

Furigana

若(わか)いとき彼(かれ)はしばらくの間(ま)共産(きょうさん)主義(しゅぎ)をもてあそんだ。

Romanji

Wakai toki kare wa shibaraku no ma Kyōsan shugi o moteasonda.

Words

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

暫く (しばらく、しゅゆ、すゆ)

little while; short while; moment; instant; a while; quite a time; it's been a long time

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

共産 (きょうさん)

communism; Communist Party

主義 (しゅぎ)

doctrine; rule; principle

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.

弄ぶ (もてあそぶ)

to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate