日本人とアメリカ人との重要な違いの一つは、日本人が安全な人生のコースを選ぶ傾向があるのに対して、アメリカ人は人生を探求し、それに挑戦したがることである。

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日本人とあめりか人との重要な違いの一つは、日本人が安全な人生のこーすを選ぶ傾向があるのに対して、あめりか人は人生を探求し、それに挑戦したがることである。

English Translation

One of the important differences between Japanese and Americans is that Japanese tend to choose a safe course in life, while Americans choose to explore and challenge life.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)とアメリカ人(じん)との重要(じゅうよう)な違(ちが)いの一(ひと)つは、日本人(にっぽんじん)が安全(あんぜん)な人生(じんせい)のコースを選(えら)ぶ傾向(けいこう)があるのに対(たい)して、アメリカ人(じん)は人生(じんせい)を探求(たんきゅう)し、それに挑戦(ちょうせん)したがることである。

Romanji

Nipponjin to Amerikajin to no jūyōna chigai no hitotsu wa, nipponjin ga anzenna jinsei no ko-su o erabu keikō ga aru no nitaishite, Amerikajin wa jinsei o tankyūshi, sore ni chōsenshitagaru koto de aru.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

と (と)

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

アメリカ人 (アメリカじん)

American 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

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

違い (ちがい)

difference; discrepancy

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

は (は)

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

が (が)

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

安全 (あんぜん)

safety; security

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

コース (コース)

course (route, trail, course of study, course of action, plan, option); full course meal (multiple dishes served in sequence); prix fixe meal

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.

選ぶ (えらぶ)

to choose; to select

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

探求 (たんきゅう)

search; quest; pursuit

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

挑戦 (ちょうせん)

challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...