日本人は、自分と自分の属している集団を同じものと考えがちだ。

Sentence Analyzer

English Translation

The Japanese tend to identify themselves with the group they belong to.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は、自分(じぶん)と自分(じぶん)の属(ぞく)している集団(しゅうだん)を同(おな)じものと考(かんが)えがちだ。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa, jibun to jibun no zokushiteiru shūdan o onaji mono to kangaegachi da.

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

と (と)

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

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

属す (しょくす)

to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)

集団 (しゅうだん)

group; mass

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.

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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