お母さんがしかっているときは口答えをするな。

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お母さん しかっている とき 口答え する

English Translation

When mother scolds you don't answer back.

Furigana

(かあ)さんがしかっているときは口答(くちごた)えをするな。

Romanji

Okāsan ga shikatteiru toki wa kuchigotae o suru na.

Words

お母さん (おかあさん)
mother
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
叱る (しかる)
to scold
とき (とき)
regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
口答え (くちごたえ)
retort; back talk
()
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.
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
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth
Readings: トウ、 こた.える、 こた.え
Meanings: solution, answer