ベティは良いことと悪いことの見分けがつかない。

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English Translation

Betty can't tell right from wrong.

Furigana

ベティは良(よ)いことと悪(わる)いことの見分(みわ)けがつかない。

Romanji

Bethi wa yoi koto to warui koto no miwake ga tsukanai.

Words

は (は)

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

良い (よい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK

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

と (と)

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

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

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

見分け (みわけ)

distinction

が (が)

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

点く (つく)

to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire