テレビのおかげで我々は外国の風俗習慣について学ぶことができる。

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English Translation

Television enables us to learn about foreign manners and customs.

Furigana

テレビのおかげで我々(われわれ)は外国(がいこく)の風俗(ふうぞく)習慣(しゅうかん)について学(まな)ぶことができる。

Romanji

Terebi no okage de wareware wa gaikoku no fūzoku shūkan nitsuite manabu koto ga dekiru.

Words

テレビ (テレビ)

television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast

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

お蔭 (おかげ)

grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); blessing; assistance; help; aid; effects; influence

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.

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

風俗 (ふうぞく)

manners; customs; sex service; sex industry

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

学ぶ (まなぶ)

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

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

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant