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わたし
私
はスポーツを
きょうそう
競争
ではなく
しゅみ
趣味
でするのが
す
好
きです。
I like to play sport for fun not for competition.
Grammar and points of interest
ではなく ではなく
 
not ~, but ~
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
particle の particle の
 
noun replacement / nominalization
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
particle を particle を
 
direct object marker
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
irregular verbs irregular verbs
 
来る（くる） and する
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
adverbs adverbs
 
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
X は Y です X は Y です
 
X is Y
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
～のが好き（すき）です ～のが好き（すき）です
 
like to ~; like doing ~
私はスポーツを競争ではなく趣味でするのが好きです。
Conjugations and inflections
  なく is the adverbial form of 'i' adjective ない   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
わ た し 0
1. I; me
2. private affairs; personal matter; secrecy  (this meaning is restricted to reading わたくし)
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ス ポ ー ツ 2
sport; sports
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き ょ う そ う 0
1. competition; contest
2. to compete
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な い 1
1. nonexistent; not being (there)  (see also: 亡い; often written with kana only)
2. unpossessed; unowned; not had
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し ゅ み 1
noun
1. hobby; pastime
2. tastes; preference; liking
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す き 2
liking; fondness; love  (opposite: 嫌い)
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Kanji
私
シ   わたくし    わたし I, myself   
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厶
ム   private
禾
grain
競
キョウ   ケイ   きそう    せる to compete   
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立
リツ   リュウ   たつ to stand   たてる to build   
兄
ケイ   キョウ   elder brother; brother   あに elder brother   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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儿
legs
争
ソウ   あらそう to contend, to compete, to contest; to argue, to dispute   
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⺈
corner
肀
slashed yo
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⺕
yo; yell
丨
stick   
趣
シュ   おもむき gist, purport; appearance   
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取
シュ   とる to take   
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耳
ジ   みみ ear   
又
また again   
走
ソウ   はしる run   
味
ミ   あじ taste   あじわう to taste   
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未
ミ    not yet   
好
コウ   このむ    すく to like   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
子
シ   ス   こ child   
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