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日本人の中には無作法にみえると言っていいほどに、内気な人がいる。

Sentence Analyzer

日本人 中に 無作法 みえる 言って いい ほど 内気な いる

English Translation

Some Japanese are shy even to the point of appearing rude.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)(なか)には無作法(ぶさほう)にみえると()っていいほどに、内気(うちき)(ひと)がいる。

Romanji

Nipponjin no nakani wa busahō ni mieru to itte ii hodo ni, uchikina hito ga iru.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)
Japanese person; Japanese people
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
無作法 (ぶさほう)
ill-mannered; rude
()
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
見える (みえる)
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to appear; to come
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
いい (いい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
内気 (うちき)
bashfulness; shyness; reserve; timidity
(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 sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
居る (いる)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: ム、 ブ、 な.い
Meanings: nothingness, none, ain't, nothing, nil, not
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ナイ、 ダイ、 うち
Meanings: inside, within, between, among, house, home
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood