休日は歴史書か古典を読んで過ごしたいものだ。

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English Translation

I'd like to spend my holidays reading history books or classics.

Furigana

休日(きゅうじつ)は歴史書(れきししょ)か古典(こてん)を読(よ)んで過(す)ごしたいものだ。

Romanji

Kyūjitsu wa rekishisho ka koten o yonde sugoshitai mono da.

Words

休日 (きゅうじつ)

holiday; day off

は (は)

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

歴史書 (れきししょ)

history book

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

古典 (こてん)

old book; classics; classic

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.

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

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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