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どくしょ
読書
が
せいしん
精神
に
たい
対
するのは、
しょくもつ
食物
が
しんたい
身体
に
たい
対
するようなものである。
Reading is to the mind as food is to the body.
Grammar and points of interest
に対する（にたいする） に対する（にたいする）
 
towards, with regard to; in contrast to
読書が精神に対するのは、食物が身体に対するようなものである。
other forms of です other forms of です
 
読書が精神に対するのは、食物が身体に対するようなものである。
Conjugations and inflections
  である is the plain form of irregular 'ru' godan verb である   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
ど く し ょ 1
reading
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せ い し ん 1
noun
mind; soul; heart; spirit; intention
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expression
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to  (see also: に対して)
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し ょ く も つ 2
food; foodstuff
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し ん た い 1
noun
body; physical system; person  (see also: 体)
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like; similar to  (see also: 様だ, ように; often written with kana only)
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も の 3 も の 2 も の 0
noun
1. thing; object; article; stuff; substance
2. one's things; possessions; property; belongings  (as 〜のもの, 〜のもん)
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で あ る 3
be; is  (see also: だ, であります; formal or literary copula)
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Kanji
読
ドク   トク   トウ   よむ to read   
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売
バイ   うる to sell   うれる to be selling; be in demand   
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士
シ   samurai
㓁
net
言
ゲン   ゴン   say; word   こと word, saying   いう to say   
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一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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書
ショ   かく to write   
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聿
writing brush
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日
ニチ   ジツ   sun; day   ひ    -か    
精
セイ   ショウ    vitality, spirit, energy; essence   
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青
セイ   ショウ   あお-    あおい blue   
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龶
シュ   ぬし    あるじ master, proprietor, owner   
⺝
ガツ   ゲツ   つき month; moon   
米
ベイ   マイ   こめ rice   
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丷
eight
木
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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大
ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
丨
stick   
神
シン   ジン   かみ    かん-    こう- god   
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礻
ジ   シ   しめす to show   
申
シン   もうす to say   
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対
タイ   ツイ    vis-a-vis   
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寸
スン   inch
文
ブン   モン    literature   ふみ a letter   
食
ショク   ジキ    food   たべる to eat   くう to eat   
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良
リョウ   よい good   
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
物
ブツ   モツ   もの thing   
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勿
モチ   not
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豕
pig
牜
ギュウ   うし cow   
身
シン   み body, person   
体
タイ   テイ   からだ body   
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本
ホン   book   もと origin   
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亻
ジン   ニン   ひと man   
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