学生たちはしばしば、外国語の授業を理解することはとても難しいことに気づく。

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学生たち は しばしば 、 外国語 の 授業 を 理解する こと は とても 難しい こと に 気づく 。

English Translation

Students often find it very difficult to understand a lecture in a foreign language.

Furigana

学生(がくせい)たちはしばしば、外国語(がいこくご)の授業(じゅぎょう)を理解(りかい)することはとても難(むずか)しいことに気(き)づく。

Romanji

Gakuseitachi wa shibashiba, gaikokugo no jugyō o rikaisuru koto wa totemo muzukashii koto ni kizuku.

Words

は (は)

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

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

外国語 (がいこくご)

foreign language

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

授業 (じゅぎょう)

lesson; class work; teaching; instruction

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.

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

に (に)

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

気付く (きづく)

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise

Kanji

学

Readings: ガク、 まな.ぶ

Meanings: study, learning, science

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

外

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-

Meaning: outside

国

Readings: コク、 くに

Meaning: country

語

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language

授

Readings: ジュ、 さず.ける、 さず.かる

Meanings: impart, instruct, grant, confer

業

Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ

Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

解

Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect

気

Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood