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外国人の日本語の誤りをからかってはいけない。

Sentence Analyzer

外国人 日本語 誤り からかって はいけない

English Translation

Don't make fun of foreigners' mistakes in Japanese.

Furigana

外国人(がいこくじん)日本語(にほんご)(あやま)りをからかってはいけない。

Romanji

Gaikokujin no nihongo no ayamari o karakatte waikenai.

Words

外国人 (がいこくじん)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
()
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
日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)
Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language
誤り (あやまり)
error; mistake; slip; bug
()
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.
揶揄う (からかう)
to ridicule; to tease; to mock; to chaff; to razz; to banter with; to make fun of; to poke fun at; to make cracks about
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
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: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ゴ、 あやま.る、 -あやま.る
Meanings: mistake, err, do wrong, mislead