タクシーの運転手にチップを受け取って欲しければ、お金を沢山渡して「おつりはいりません」と言いなさい。

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タクシー の 運転手 に チップ を 受け取って 欲しければ 、 お金 を 沢山 渡して 「 お つり はいりません 」 と 言い なさい 。

English Translation

If you want the taxi driver to have a tip, hand him too much money and say, "Keep the change."

Furigana

タクシーの運転手(うんてんしゅ)にチップを受(う)け取(と)って欲(ほ)しければ、お金(かね)を沢山(たくさん)渡(わた)して「おつりはいりません」と言(い)いなさい。

Romanji

Takushi- no untenshu ni chippu o uketotte hoshikereba, okane o takusan watashite" o tsuri hairimasen" to ii nasai.

Words

タクシー (タクシー)

taxi

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

運転手 (うんてんしゅ)

driver; chauffeur

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

チップ (チップ)

gratuity; tip; chip

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

欲しい (ほしい)

wanted; wished for; in need of; desired; I want (you) to

お金 (おかね)

money

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

渡す (わたす)

to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to traverse; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in; to pass; to give; to transfer

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

釣り (つり)

fishing; angling; change (e.g. for a purchase); trolling; writing false posts online

入る (はいる)

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold; to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get; to receive; to score

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

為さる (なさる)

to do

Kanji

運

Readings: ウン、 はこ.ぶ

Meanings: carry, luck, destiny, fate, lot, transport, progress, advance

転

Readings: テン、 ころ.がる、 ころ.げる、 ころ.がす、 ころ.ぶ、 まろ.ぶ、 うたた、 うつ.る、 くる.めく

Meanings: revolve, turn around, change

手

Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-

Meaning: hand

受

Readings: ジュ、 う.ける、 -う.け、 う.かる

Meanings: accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

欲

Readings: ヨク、 ほっ.する、 ほ.しい

Meanings: longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving

金

Readings: キン、 コン、 ゴン、 かね、 かな-、 -がね

Meaning: gold

沢

Readings: タク、 さわ、 うるお.い、 うるお.す、 つや

Meanings: swamp, marsh, brilliance, grace

山

Readings: サン、 セン、 やま

Meaning: mountain

渡

Readings: ト、 わた.る、 -わた.る、 わた.す

Meanings: transit, ford, ferry, cross, import, deliver, diameter, migrate

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word