日本人は必ずしも敬意の表れとしてお辞儀するわけではない。

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English Translation

The Japanese do not always make a bow as a mark of respect.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は必(かなら)ずしも敬意(けいい)の表(あらわ)れとしてお辞儀(じぎ)するわけではない。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa kanarazushimo keii no araware toshite ojigi suru wake de wa nai.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

は (は)

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

必ずしも (かならずしも)

not always; not necessarily; not all; not entirely

敬意 (けいい)

respect; honour; honor

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

現れ (あらわれ)

embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication

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...

お辞儀 (おじぎ)

bow; bowing

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

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix