日本人は他とかけ離れた民族だという人がいる。

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English Translation

Some people say that the Japanese are a race apart.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は他(た)とかけ離(はな)れた民族(みんぞく)だという人(ひと)がいる。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa ta to kakehanareta minzoku da toiu hito ga iru.

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

他 (た)

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

と (と)

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

掛け離れる (かけはなれる)

to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from

民族 (みんぞく)

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

だ (だ)

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)