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Zach

あなたに食べさせてくれる人の手をかむな。

Sentence Analyzer

あなた 食べさせてくれる かむ

English Translation

Don't bite the hand that feeds you.

Furigana

あなたに()べさせてくれる(ひと)()をかむな。

Romanji

Anata ni tabesasetekureru hito no te o kamu na.

Words

貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
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
食べる (たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
()
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
()
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
()
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.
擤む (かむ)
to blow (one's nose)
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand