私の両親がここにいる間は上品な言葉遣いをして下さい。

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English Translation

Please keep your language decent while my parents are here.

Furigana

私(わたし)の両親(りょうしん)がここにいる間(ま)は上品(じょうひん)な言葉遣(ことばづか)いをして下(くだ)さい。

Romanji

Watashi no ryōshin ga koko ni iru ma wa jōhinna kotobazukai o shite kudasai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

両親 (りょうしん、ふたおや)

parents; both parents

が (が)

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

此処 (ここ)

here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place; these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker); these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ...

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

は (は)

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

上品 (じょうひん)

elegant; refined; polished

言葉遣い (ことばづかい)

speech; expression; wording; language

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.

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

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor