その社会学者は背中を掻く癖がある。

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その社会学者は背中を掻く癖がある。

English Translation

The sociologist has a habit of scratching his back.

Furigana

その社会(しゃかい)学者(がくしゃ)は背中(せなか)を掻(か)く癖(くせ)がある。

Romanji

Sono shakai gakusha wa senaka o kaku kuse ga aru.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

学者 (がくしゃ)

scholar

は (は)

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

背中 (せなか)

back (of body)

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.

掻く (かく)

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

癖 (くせ、へき)

habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; mannerism; crease; wrinkle; curl; kink

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about