一般的にいうと、英国人は他人のことに好奇心を持たない。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

Generally speaking, the Englishman is not curious about others.

Furigana

一般的(いっぱんてき)にいうと、英国人(えいこくじん)は他人(たにん)のことに好奇心(こうきしん)を持(も)たない。

Romanji

Ippanteki ni iu to, Eikokujin wa tanin no koto ni kōkishin o motanai.

Words

一般的 (いっぱんてき)

popular; typical; general

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

英国人 (えいこくじん)

Briton; Englishman; (the) English

は (は)

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

他人 (たにん、ひと、あだびと)

another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

好奇心 (こうきしん)

curiosity; inquisitiveness

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.

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of