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日本にきたら黙っていることと同意することは同じ物だと考えてはいけません。

Sentence Analyzer

日本 きたら 黙っている こと 同意する こと 同じ 考えて はいけません

English Translation

You can't identify silence with agreement when you visit Japan.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)にきたら(だま)っていることと同意(どうい)することは(おな)(もの)だと(かんが)えてはいけません。

Romanji

Nippon ni kitara damatteiru koto to dōisuru koto wa onaji mono da to kangaete waikemasen.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)
Japan
()
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
抉る (えぐる、くる)
to gouge; to hollow out; to bore; to excavate; to scoop out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
黙る (だまる)
to be silent
(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
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
同意 (どうい)
agreement; consent; same opinion; approval; same meaning
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
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
(もの、もん)
thing; object; article; stuff; substance; one's things; possessions; property; belongings; things; something; anything; everything; nothing; quality; reason; the way of things; used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen; item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...; cause of ...; cause for ...; somehow; somewhat; for some reason; really; truly
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
考える (かんがえる)
to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: モク、 ボク、 だま.る、 もだ.す
Meanings: silence, become silent, stop speaking, leave as is
Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ
Meanings: same, agree, equal
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over