いとこ同士は結婚するには血が近すぎる。

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いとこ 同士 は 結婚する に は 血 が 近すぎる 。

English Translation

First cousins are too close for marriage.

Furigana

いとこ同士(どうし)は結婚(けっこん)するには血(ち)が近(ちか)すぎる。

Romanji

Itoko dōshi wa kekkonsuru ni wa chi ga chikasugiru.

Words

従兄弟 (いとこ、じゅうけいてい)

cousin (male)

同士 (どうし、どし)

fellow; mutual; companion; comrade

は (は)

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

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

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

血 (ち)

blood; consanguinity

が (が)

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

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

Kanji

同

Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ

Meanings: same, agree, equal

士

Readings: シ、 さむらい

Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)

結

Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる

Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten

婚

Reading: コン

Meaning: marriage

血

Readings: ケツ、 ち

Meaning: blood

近

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い

Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount