日本のクリスマスは、どちらかというと恋人たちの日です。

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English Translation

Christmas in Japan is, if anything, a day for couples.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)のクリスマスは、どちらかというと恋人(こいびと)たちの日(ひ)です。

Romanji

Nippon no kurisumasu wa, dochira ka to iu to koibitotachi no hi desu.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

クリスマス (クリスマス)

Christmas

は (は)

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

何方 (どちら、どっち、いずかた、いずち、どち、いずし、なにざま)

which way; which direction; where; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と (と)

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

です (です)

be; is