日本人の民族的特性は何だと思いますか。

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日本人の民族的特性は何だと思いますか。

English Translation

What do you think are the racial traits of the Japanese?

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)の民族的(みんぞくてき)特性(とくせい)は何(なに)だと思(おも)いますか。

Romanji

Nipponjin no minzokuteki tokusei wa nani da to omoimasu ka.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

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

民族的 (みんぞくてき)

ethnic; racial; national

特性 (とくせい)

special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

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

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way