孟母三遷の教えなど持ち出して、子供のお受験での引っ越しを正当化しないでよ。

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English Translation

Don't drag out Chinese sayings about the importance of an environment conducive learning just to justify moving house for a child's entrance exams!

Furigana

孟母三遷(もうぼさんせん)の教(おし)えなど持(も)ち出(だ)して、子供(こども)のお受験(じゅけん)での引(ひ)っ越(こ)しを正当化(せいとうか)しないでよ。

Romanji

Mōbosansen no oshie nado mochidashite, kodomo no o juken de no hikkoshi o seitōka shinaide yo.

Words

孟母三遷 (もうぼさんせん)

the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning; Mencius' mother, three moves

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

教え (おしえ)

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

持ち出す (もちだす)

to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

子供 (こども)

child; children

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

受験 (じゅけん)

taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)

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.

引っ越し (ひっこし)

moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence

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.

正当化 (せいとうか)

justification; warrant

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

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!