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田島くん・・・。君はもう少し品のいい話はできないのか?

Sentence Analyzer

田島 くん もう少し いい できない

English Translation

Tajima ... can't you talk a little bit more genteelly?

Furigana

田島(たじま)くん・・・。(きみ)はもう(すこ)(しな)のいい(はなし)はできないのか?

Romanji

Tajima kun. kimi wa mōsukoshi shina no ii hanashi wa dekinai no ka?

Words

(くん)
Mr (junior); master; boy
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
もう少し (もうすこし)
a bit more; a bit longer
(しな)
article; item; thing; goods; stock; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
()
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
いい (いい)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
()
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

Readings: デン、 た
Meanings: rice field, rice paddy
Readings: トウ、 しま
Meaning: island
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ヒン、 ホン、 しな
Meanings: goods, refinement, dignity, article, counter for meal courses
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk