英国人の礼儀正しさは、本質的には恐怖感なのだという人がいる。

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English Translation

Some people say that English politeness is, at bottom, really fear.

Furigana

英国人(えいこくじん)の礼儀(れいぎ)正(ただ)しさは、本質的(ほんしつてき)には恐怖感(きょうふかん)なのだという人(ひと)がいる。

Romanji

Eikokujin no reigi tadashisa wa, honshitsuteki ni wa kyōfukan na no da toiu hito ga iru.

Words

英国人 (えいこくじん)

Briton; Englishman; (the) English

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

礼儀 (れいぎ)

manners; courtesy; etiquette

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

は (は)

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

本質的 (ほんしつてき)

essentially

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

恐怖感 (きょうふかん)

feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear

だ (だ)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

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

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)