私は一般の学生のことを言っているのであって、特定の学生のことを言っているのではない。

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English Translation

I mean students in general, but not in particular.

Furigana

私(わたし)は一般(いっぱん)の学生(がくせい)のことを言(い)っているのであって、特定(とくてい)の学生(がくせい)のことを言(い)っているのではない。

Romanji

Watashi wa ippan no gakusei no koto o itteiru no de atte, tokutei no gakusei no koto o itteiru no de wa nai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

一般 (いっぱん)

general; universal; ordinary; average; common

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

学生 (がくせい)

student (esp. a university student)

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

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.

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

特定 (とくてい)

specific; special; particular

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix