日本文化の文脈の中では当然と思われる微笑みも、外国人の間では、不気味な笑いとして多くの混乱を生み、また悪評が高い。
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English Translation
Our smile, which is understandable in the context of Japanese culture, sometimes causes a lot of confusion and is notorious among foreign people as a mysterious smile.
Furigana
Romanji
Nippon bunka no bunmyaku no naka de wa tōzen to omowareru bi emi mo, gaikokujin no ma de wa, bukimina warai toshite ōku no konran o umi, mata akuhyō ga takai.
Words
日本
(にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
文化
(ぶんか)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
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
文脈
(ぶんみゃく)
context
中
(なか)
inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
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.
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
当然
(とうぜん)
natural; as a matter of course; justified; deserved; reasonable
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う
(おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
微
(び)
minuteness; one millionth
笑み
(えみ)
smile
も
(も)
too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other
外国人
(がいこくじん)
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
間
(ま)
space; room; time; pause
不気味
(ぶきみ)
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
笑い
(わらい)
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
として
(として)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
多く
(おおく)
many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly
混乱
(こんらん)
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
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.
産む
(うむ)
to give birth; to deliver; to produce
又
(また)
again; and; also; still (doing something)
悪評
(あくひょう)
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
高い
(たかい)
high; tall; expensive
Kanji
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: カ、 ケ、 ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization
Readings: ミャク、 すじ
Meanings: vein, pulse, hope
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ゼン、 ネン、 しか、 しか.り、 しか.し、 さ
Meanings: sort of thing, so, if so, in that case, well
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: ビ、 かす.か
Meanings: delicate, minuteness, insignificance
Readings: ショウ、 わら.う、 え.む
Meaning: laugh
Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: ミ、 あじ、 あじ.わう
Meanings: flavor, taste
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: コン、 ま.じる、 -ま.じり、 ま.ざる、 ま.ぜる、 こ.む
Meanings: mix, blend, confuse
Readings: ラン、 ロン、 みだ.れる、 みだ.る、 みだ.す、 みだ、 おさ.める、 わた.る
Meanings: riot, war, disorder, disturb
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Reading: ヒョウ
Meanings: evaluate, criticism, comment
Readings: コウ、 たか.い、 たか、 -だか、 たか.まる、 たか.める
Meanings: tall, high, expensive