食事時に日本に特有なのは、人々が茶碗からご飯を食べることである。

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English Translation

What is peculiar to Japan at mealtimes is that people eat rice out of little bowls.

Furigana

食事時(しょくじじ)に日本(にっぽん)に特有(とくゆう)なのは、人々(ひとびと)が茶碗(ちゃわん)からご飯(はん)を食(た)べることである。

Romanji

Shokujiji ni Nippon ni tokuyūna no wa, hitobito ga chawan kara gohan o taberu koto de aru.

Words

食事時 (しょくじどき)

mealtime

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

特有 (とくゆう)

characteristic (of); peculiar (to)

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

は (は)

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

が (が)

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

茶わん (ちゃわん)

rice bowl; tea cup; teacup

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

ご飯 (ごはん)

cooked rice; meal

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...