北米では、肩をすくめることは「知りません」を意味する。

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English Translation

In North America when a person shrugs his shoulders it means "I don't know".

Furigana

北米(ほくべい)では、肩(かた)をすくめることは「知(し)りません」を意味(いみ)する。

Romanji

Hokubei de wa, kata o sukumeru koto wa" shirimasen" o imisuru.

Words

北米 (ほくべい)

North America

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.

は (は)

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

肩 (かた)

shoulder

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.

竦める (すくめる)

to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

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

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance