英国人は列車の中では見知らぬ人に話しかけることはめったにない。

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English Translation

Englishmen rarely talk to strangers in the train.

Furigana

英国人(えいこくじん)は列車(れっしゃ)の中(なか)では見知(みし)らぬ人(ひと)に話(はな)しかけることはめったにない。

Romanji

Eikokujin wa ressha no naka de wa mishiranu hito ni hanashikakeru koto wa mettani nai.

Words

英国人 (えいこくじん)

Briton; Englishman; (the) English

は (は)

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

列車 (れっしゃ)

train (ordinary)

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

人 (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

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

話しかける (はなしかける)

to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation

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

滅多に (めったに)

rarely; seldom

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix