ほとんどのアメリカ人は、高価な贈り物を受け取るように要求されれば、不快な気がするだろう。

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ほとんどのあめりか人は、高価な贈り物を受け取るように要求されれば、不快な気がするだろう。

English Translation

It will make most Americans uncomfortable if you insist on their accepting expensive gifts.

Furigana

ほとんどのアメリカ人(じん)は、高価(こうか)な贈(おく)り物(もの)を受(う)け取(と)るように要求(ようきゅう)されれば、不快(ふかい)な気(き)がするだろう。

Romanji

Hotondo no Amerikajin wa, kōkana okurimono o uketoru yōni yōkyūsarereba, fukaina ki ga suru darou.

Words

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

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

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

高価 (こうか)

high price

贈り物 (おくりもの)

present; gift

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.

受け取る (うけとる)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

要求 (ようきゅう)

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

不快 (ふかい)

unpleasant; displeasure; discomfort

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

が (が)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

だ (だ)

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