部屋がほこりっぽいのは掃除機のせい？

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部屋がほこりっぽいのは掃除機のせい？

English Translation

Is it the vacuum cleaner's fault that the room is dusty?

Furigana

部屋(へや)がほこりっぽいのは掃除機(そうじき)のせい？

Romanji

Heya ga hokori ppoi no wa sōjiki no sei?

Words

部屋 (へや)

room; apartment; flat; pad; chamber; stable

が (が)

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

埃 (ほこり、ホコリ、あい)

dust; one ten-billionth

っぽい (っぽい、ぽい)

-ish; -like; tossing something out; throwing something away

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

は (は)

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

掃除機 (そうじき)

cleaner (usu. vacuum cleaner)

所為 (せい、せえ)

consequence; outcome; result; blame