外米はぼそぼそしていて、日本人の口には合わない。

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English Translation

Foreign rice is hard and tasteless, and doesn't appeal to the Japanese palate.

Furigana

外米(がいまい)はぼそぼそしていて、日本人(にっぽんじん)の口(くち)には合(あ)わない。

Romanji

Gaimai wa bosoboso shiteite, nipponjin no kuchi ni wa awanai.

Words

外米 (がいまい)

foreign rice

は (は)

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

ぼそぼそ (ぼそぼそ)

dry and crumbling; whispering; subdued; murmuring; muttering; tasteless; flavorless; flavourless

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

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

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

口 (くち)

mouth; opening; hole; gap; orifice; mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; gate; door; entrance; exit; speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); taste; palate; mouth (to feed); opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; invitation; summons; kind; sort; type; opening (i.e. beginning); counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords

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

合う (あう、おう)

to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet; to fit; to match; to suit; to agree with; to be correct; to be profitable; to be equitable; to do ... to each other; to do ... together