情報の出所をいわないで、ある事実を知っているともらすていねいないいかたは、「小鳥が知らせてくれた」ということである。

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English Translation

A polite way to reveal knowledge of a fact without telling the source of the information is to say, "a little bird told me".

Furigana

情報(じょうほう)の出所(しゅっしょ)をいわないで、ある事実(じじつ)を知(し)っているともらすていねいないいかたは、「小鳥(ことり)が知(し)らせてくれた」ということである。

Romanji

Jōhō no shussho o iwanaide, aru jijitsu o shitteiru to morasu teineina ii kata wa," kotori ga shirasetekureta" toiu koto de aru.

Words

情報 (じょうほう)

information; news; intelligence; advices; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

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

出所 (しゅっしょ、でどころ、でどこ)

origin; source; authority; birthplace; release (discharge) from prison; exit; point of departure; time to take action

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.

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

漏らす (もらす)

to let leak; to reveal; to wet one's pants; to give utterance; to vent; to express; to omit; to leave out

丁寧 (ていねい)

polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough; conscientious

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

過多 (かた)

excess; superabundance

は (は)

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

小鳥 (ことり)

small bird; songbird; birdie; dickeybird; dickybird

が (が)

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

知らせる (しらせる)

to notify; to advise; to inform

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative