この国の人々は会うとお辞儀することを習慣にしている。

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English Translation

People in this country make it a habit to bow when they meet.

Furigana

この国(くに)の人々(ひとびと)は会(あ)うとお辞儀(じぎ)することを習慣(しゅうかん)にしている。

Romanji

Kono kuni no hitobito wa au to ojigi suru koto o shūkan ni shiteiru.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

と (と)

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

お辞儀 (おじぎ)

bow; bowing

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

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

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.

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

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