机の上に２冊しか本がなかった。

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机 の 上に ２ 冊 しか 本 が なかった 。

English Translation

There were no more than two books on the desk.

Furigana

机(つくえ)の上(うえ)に２冊(さつ)しか本(ほん)がなかった。

Romanji

Tsukue no ueni ni satsu shika hon ga nakatta.

Words

机 (つくえ、つき)

desk

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

冊 (さつ)

counter for books; volume

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

Kanji

机

Readings: キ、 つくえ

Meanings: desk, table

上

Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す

Meanings: above, up

冊

Readings: サツ、 サク、 ふみ

Meanings: tome, counter for books, volume

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things