日本人は知り合いには親切だが、そうでない人に対しては冷淡だと言われています。

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English Translation

It is said that Japanese people are kind to people they know, but rather cold to those they don't.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は知(し)り合(あ)いには親切(しんせつ)だが、そうでない人(ひと)に対(たい)しては冷淡(れいたん)だと言(い)われています。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa shiriai ni wa shinsetsu da ga, sō denai hito nitaishite wa reitan da to iwareteimasu.

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

知り合い (しりあい)

acquaintance

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

親切 (しんせつ)

kindness; gentleness

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

冷淡 (れいたん)

coolness; indifference

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise