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担任の教師は自分の生徒たちと接触を保つようあらゆる努力をすべきだ。

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担任 教師 自分 生徒たち 接触 保つ よう あらゆる 努力 べき

English Translation

Homeroom teachers should make every effort to keep in touch with their students.

Furigana

担任(たんにん)教師(きょうし)自分(じぶん)生徒(せいと)たちと接触(せっしょく)(たも)つようあらゆる努力(どりょく)をすべきだ。

Romanji

Tannin no kyōshi wa jibun no seitotachi to sesshoku o tamotsu yō arayuru doryoku o su beki da.

Words

担任 (たんにん)
in charge (of something); class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
()
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
教師 (きょうし)
teacher (classroom)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
自分 (じぶん)
myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
接触 (せっしょく)
touch; contact
()
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.
保つ (たもつ)
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to retain; to maintain; to support; to sustain; to last; to endure; to keep well (food); to wear well; to be durable
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
有らゆる (あらゆる)
all; every
努力 (どりょく)
great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort
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
可し (べし)
shall; should; must
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: タン、 かつ.ぐ、 にな.う
Meanings: shouldering, carry, raise, bear
Readings: ニン、 まか.せる、 まか.す
Meanings: responsibility, duty, term, entrust to, appoint
Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: シ、 いくさ
Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ
Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
Readings: セツ、 ショウ、 つ.ぐ
Meanings: touch, contact, adjoin, piece together
Readings: ショク、 ふ.れる、 さわ.る、 さわ
Meanings: contact, touch, feel, hit, proclaim, announce, conflict
Readings: ホ、 ホウ、 たも.つ
Meanings: protect, guarantee, keep, preserve, sustain, support
Readings: ド、 つと.める
Meanings: toil, diligent, as much as possible
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert