その教師は生徒のあら探しばかりしている。

Sentence Analyzer

その 教師 は 生徒 の あら 探し ばかり している 。

English Translation

The teacher is always finding fault with his students.

Furigana

その教師(きょうし)は生徒(せいと)のあら探(さが)しばかりしている。

Romanji

Sono kyōshi wa seito no ara sagashi bakari shiteiru.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

教師 (きょうし)

teacher (classroom)

は (は)

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

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

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

? (あら、アラ)

saw-edged perch (Niphon spinosus)

探す (さがす)

to search (for something desired, needed); to look for; to search (for something lost); to seek (a suspect in a crime)

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

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

Kanji

教

Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる

Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine

師

Readings: シ、 いくさ

Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war

生

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う

Meanings: life, genuine, birth

徒

Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ

Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people

探

Readings: タン、 さぐ.る、 さが.す

Meanings: grope, search, look for