もしあなたが話の途中とか社交の場で長い間黙っていると、アメリカ人はあなたに話させようと努力する。

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もしあなたが話の途中とか社交の場で長い間黙っていると、あめりか人はあなたに話させようと努力する。

English Translation

If you are silent in a conversation or social situation for a long time, Americans will try to get you to talk.

Furigana

もしあなたが話(はなし)の途中(とちゅう)とか社交(しゃこう)の場(ば)で長(なが)い間(ま)黙(だま)っていると、アメリカ人(じん)はあなたに話(はな)させようと努力(どりょく)する。

Romanji

Moshi anata ga hanashi no tochū toka shakō no ba de nagai ma damatteiru to, Amerikajin wa anata ni hanasaseyou to doryokusuru.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

が (が)

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

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

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

途中 (とちゅう)

on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway

とか (とか)

among other things; such things as; or something like that

社交 (しゃこう)

social life; social intercourse

場 (ば)

place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)

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.

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

黙る (だまる)

to be silent

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American person

は (は)

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

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

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort