しかしながら、日本の高校で私の注意を最も引いたのは、先生に対して生徒が多大な敬意を払っているということでした。

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English Translation

What I most noticed about my Japanese high school, however, was the great respect shown by students toward their teachers.

Furigana

しかしながら、日本(にっぽん)の高校(こうこう)で私(わたし)の注意(ちゅうい)を最(もっと)も引(ひ)いたのは、先生(せんせい)に対(たい)して生徒(せいと)が多大(ただい)な敬意(けいい)を払(はら)っているということでした。

Romanji

Shikashinagara, Nippon no kōkō de watashi no chūi o mottomo hiita no wa, sensei nitaishite seito ga tadaina keii o haratteiru toiu koto deshita.

Words

然しながら (しかしながら)

however; nevertheless

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

高校 (こうこう)

senior high school; high school

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.

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

注意 (ちゅうい)

caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

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.

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

引く (ひく)

to pull; to draw (attention, etc.); to attract (interest, etc.); to draw back; to draw (a card); to draw (plan, line, etc.); to catch (cold); to play (string instr.); to look up (e.g. dictionary); to consult; to haul; to pull (vehicles); to subtract; to ebb; to fade; to descend (from); to inherit (a characteristic); to quote; to raise (as evidence); to lay (a cable); to draw (a cable)

は (は)

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

先生 (せんせい、せんじょう)

teacher; master; doctor; with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific; previous existence

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

生徒 (せいと)

pupil

が (が)

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

多大 (ただい)

heavy; much

敬意 (けいい)

respect; honour; honor

払う (はらう)

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

デス (デス)

death