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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

お母さんがあなたを叱る時に口答えをしてはいけません。

Sentence Analyzer

お母さん あなた 叱る 時に 口答え して はいけません

English Translation

You mustn't answer your mother back when she scolds you.

Furigana

(かあ)さんがあなたを(しか)(とき)口答(くちごた)えをしてはいけません。

Romanji

Okāsan ga anata o shikaru tokini kuchigotae o shite waikemasen.

Words

お母さん (おかあさん)
mother
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
貴方 (あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
()
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.
叱る (しかる)
to scold
時に (ときに)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally
口答え (くちごたえ)
retort; back talk
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
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: シツ、 シチ、 しか.る
Meanings: scold, reprove
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth
Readings: トウ、 こた.える、 こた.え
Meanings: solution, answer