道を尋ねる時はできるだけ礼儀正しくしなさい。

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English Translation

Try to be as polite as you can when asking directions.

Furigana

道(みち)を尋(たず)ねる時(とき)はできるだけ礼儀(れいぎ)正(ただ)しくしなさい。

Romanji

Michi o tazuneru toki wa dekirudake reigi tadashiku shi nasai.

Words

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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.

尋ねる (たずねる)

to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into; to investigate

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

は (は)

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

出来るだけ (できるだけ)

as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible

礼儀 (れいぎ)

manners; courtesy; etiquette

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

為さる (なさる)

to do