日本人はものの見方が内向的であるとか、国際性が不十分であると言って非難されることが多い。

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English Translation

The Japanese are often criticized for being inward looking and insufficiently international in their outlook.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)はものの見方(みかた)が内向的(ないこうてき)であるとか、国際性(こくさいせい)が不十分(ふじゅうぶん)であると言(い)って非難(ひなん)されることが多(おお)い。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa mono no mikata ga naikōteki de aru toka, kokusaisei ga fujūbun de aru to itte hinansareru koto ga ōi.

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

者 (もの、もん)

person

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

見方 (みかた)

viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

が (が)

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

内向的 (ないこうてき)

introvert

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

とか (とか)

among other things; such things as; or something like that

不充分 (ふじゅうぶん)

insufficient; inadequate; imperfect; shortage

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

非難 (ひなん)

criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

多い (おおい)

many; numerous