目上の人に対して帽子をとって挨拶するべきです。

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English Translation

You should greet your betters by tipping your hat.

Furigana

目上(めうえ)の人(ひと)に対(たい)して帽子(ぼうし)をとって挨拶(あいさつ)するべきです。

Romanji

Meue no hito nitaishite bōshi o totte aisatsusuru beki desu.

Words

目上 (めうえ)

superior; superiors; senior

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

人 (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

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

帽子 (ぼうし)

hat; cap

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

挨拶 (あいさつ)

greeting; greetings; salutation; salute; polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge; retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another Zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

です (です)

be; is