大半のアメリカ人は私が彼らをファーストネームで呼ぶことをいやがらない。
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English Translation
Most Americans do not object to my calling them by their first names.
Furigana
Romanji
Taihan no Amerikajin wa watashi ga karera o fuxa-suto ne-mu de yobu koto o iyagaranai.
Words
大半
(たいはん)
majority; mostly; generally
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
アメリカ人
(アメリカじん)
American person
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
彼ら
(かれら)
they (usually male); them
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.
ファースト
(ファースト、ファスト)
first; first baseman; first base; fast
ネーム
(ネーム)
name; nameplate; caption; storyboard (esp. of manga, etc.)
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.
呼ぶ
(よぶ)
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife
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
嫌がる
(いやがる)
to hate; to dislike
Kanji
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ハン、 なか.ば
Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: コ、 よ.ぶ
Meanings: call, call out to, invite