このような友達だけが私たちに私たちの欠点を教えてくれる。

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English Translation

Such a one alone can remind us of our faults.

Furigana

このような友達(ともだち)だけが私(わたし)たちに私(わたし)たちの欠点(けってん)を教(おし)えてくれる。

Romanji

Kono yōna tomodachi dake ga watashitachi ni watashitachi no ketten o oshietekureru.

Words

此の (この)

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

が (が)

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

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

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

欠点 (けってん)

fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback; failure (in an examination); failing grade

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.

教える (おしえる)

to teach; to inform; to instruct