私たちは礼儀正しさというのは意識して機能しないということを覚えておくべきです。

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English Translation

We should remember that politeness doesn't function at the conscious level.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは礼儀(れいぎ)正(ただ)しさというのは意識(いしき)して機能(きのう)しないということを覚(おぼ)えておくべきです。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa reigi tadashisa toiu no wa ishikishite kinōshinai toiu koto o oboeteoku beki desu.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

礼儀 (れいぎ)

manners; courtesy; etiquette

正しい (ただしい)

right; correct; proper; righteous; just; honest; truthful; lawful

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

意識 (いしき)

consciousness; awareness; sense; mano-vijnana (mental consciousness, cognizer of sensory information)

機能 (きのう)

function; facility; faculty; feature

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

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.

覚える (おぼえる)

to memorize; to memorise; to commit to memory; to learn by heart; to bear in mind; to remember; to learn; to pick up; to acquire; to feel; to think; to regard

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

です (です)

be; is