人の揚げ足を取るばかりじゃなく、もっと建設的な意見を言ってくれないかな。

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English Translation

All you ever do is nitpick. I wish you could say something more constructive.

Furigana

人(ひと)の揚(あ)げ足(あし)を取(と)るばかりじゃなく、もっと建設的(けんせつてき)な意見(いけん)を言(い)ってくれないかな。

Romanji

Hito no ageashi o toru bakari janaku, motto kensetsuteki na iken o ittekurenai ka na.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

揚げ足 (あげあし)

finding fault; upturn (in the market)

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

建設的 (けんせつてき)

constructive

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

意見 (いけん)

opinion; view; comment

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

か (か)

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

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition