日本人は、お盆の間先祖が自分達のところにやってきていると信じている。

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English Translation

During O-bon, Japanese people believe they receive a visit from an ancestor.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)は、お盆(ぼん)の間(ま)先祖(せんぞ)が自分達(じぶんたち)のところにやってきていると信(しん)じている。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa, obon no ma senzo ga jibuntachi no tokoroni yattekiteiru to shinjiteiru.

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

お盆 (おぼん)

O-Bon; Bon Festival; Lantern Festival; Festival of the Dead; tray

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

先祖 (せんぞ)

ancestor

が (が)

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

やって来る (やってくる)

to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

と (と)

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

信じる (しんじる)

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in