私はムスリムではないので断食を守る義務はないのだが、同じアパートで暮らす以上、そうした慣習に配慮することは大事なことだ。

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English Translation

I'm not a Muslim and so I have no obligation to observe the fast but as long as I'm living in the same apartment having consideration for such a custom is important.

Furigana

私(わたし)はムスリムではないので断食(だんじき)を守(まも)る義務(ぎむ)はないのだが、同(おな)じアパートで暮(く)らす以上(いじょう)、そうした慣習(かんしゅう)に配慮(はいりょ)することは大事(だいじ)なことだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa musurimu de wa nai node danjiki o mamoru gimu wa nai no da ga, onaji apa-to de kurasu ijō, sōshita kanshū ni hairyosuru koto wa daijina koto da.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

ムスリム (ムスリム、モスレム、モスリム)

Muslim; Moslem

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.

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

断食 (だんじき)

fasting

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.

守る (まもる)

to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe; to obey; to follow

義務 (ぎむ)

duty; obligation; responsibility

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

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

が (が)

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

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

アパート (アパート)

apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment

暮らす (くらす)

to live; to get along; to spend (time)

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

然うした (そうした)

such

慣習 (かんしゅう)

usual (historical) custom

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

配慮 (はいりょ)

consideration; concern; forethought

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

大事 (だいじ、おおごと)

important; valuable; serious matter