私の父は薬というものをほとんど当てにしない。
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English Translation
My father relies little on medicines.
Furigana
Romanji
Watashi no chichi wa kusuri toiu mono o hotondo ate ni shinai.
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
父
(ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)
father
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
薬
(くすり)
medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe
と言う
(という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
者
(もの、もん)
person
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.
殆ど
(ほとんど)
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost
当て
(あて)
aim; object; purpose; end; expectations; prospects; hopes; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad; guard; blow; strike; addressed to; per
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
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