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彼女はしょっちゅう夫のあら探しばかりしている。

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彼女 しょっちゅう あら 探し ばかり している

English Translation

She is always finding fault with her husband.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)はしょっちゅう(おっと)のあら(さが)しばかりしている。

Romanji

Kanojo wa shotchū otto no ara sagashi bakari shiteiru.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)
she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
しょっちゅう (しょっちゅう)
always; constantly; frequently; often
(おっと)
husband
()
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
? (あら、アラ)
saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus)
探す (さがす)
to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)
許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)
only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly
為る (する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: ジョ、 ニョ、 ニョウ、 おんな、 め
Meanings: woman, female
Readings: フ、 フウ、 ブ、 おっと、 それ
Meanings: husband, man
Readings: タン、 さぐ.る、 さが.す
Meanings: grope, search, look for