男性が一家の主と言うことはアメリカ社会に当てはまる。

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English Translation

It is true of American society that the male is the head of the household.

Furigana

男性(だんせい)が一家(いっか)の主(おも)と言(い)うことはアメリカ社会(しゃかい)に当(あ)てはまる。

Romanji

Dansei ga ikka no omo to iu koto wa Amerika shakai ni atehamaru.

Words

男性 (だんせい)

man; male; masculine gender

が (が)

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

一家 (いっか、いっけ)

a house; a home; a family; a household; one's family; one's folks; a style

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

主 (おも)

chief; main; principal; important; main secondary or supporting role (in kyogen)

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

は (は)

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

亜米利加 (アメリカ)

America; United States of America

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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

当てはまる (あてはまる)

to apply (a rule); to be applicable; to come under (a category); to fulfill