日本語のむずかしさが、一握りの外国人を除いてすべての外国人が、原語で日本文学に近づくのを妨げている。

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English Translation

The difficulties of the Japanese language prevent all but a handful of foreigners from approaching the literature in the original.

Furigana

日本語(にほんご)のむずかしさが、一(いち)握(にぎ)りの外国人(がいこくじん)を除(のぞ)いてすべての外国人(がいこくじん)が、原語(げんご)で日本(にっぽん)文学(ぶんがく)に近(ちか)づくのを妨(さまた)げている。

Romanji

Nihongo no muzukashisa ga, ichi nigiri no gaikokujin o nozoite subete no gaikokujin ga, gengo de Nippon bungaku ni chikazuku no o samatageteiru.

Words

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

が (が)

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

握り (にぎり)

grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch; handful; fistful; handle; grip; knob; rice ball; nigirizushi; hand-formed sushi with a topping of seafood, etc.

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

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.

除く (のぞく)

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

全て (すべて)

everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all

原語 (げんご)

original word; original language

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

文学 (ぶんがく)

literature

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

近づく (ちかづく、ちかずく)

to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know

妨げる (さまたげる)

to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder