訪問者は通常日本式の家に入る前に、靴を脱ぐようにと求められます。

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English Translation

Visitors are usually asked to remove their shoes before they enter a Japanese house.

Furigana

訪問者(ほうもんしゃ)は通常(つうじょう)日本式(にっぽんしき)の家(いえ)に入(はい)る前(まえ)に、靴(くつ)を脱(ぬ)ぐようにと求(もと)められます。

Romanji

Hōmonsha wa tsūjō Nipponshiki no ie ni hairu mae ni, kutsu o nugu yōni to motomeraremasu.

Words

訪問者 (ほうもんしゃ)

visitor

は (は)

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

通常 (つうじょう)

common; general; normal; usual

日本式 (にほんしき)

Japanese style

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

家 (いえ)

house; residence; dwelling; family; household; lineage; family name

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

靴 (くつ)

shoes; boots; footwear; footgear

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.

脱ぐ (ぬぐ)

to take off (clothes, shoes, etc.); to undress

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

求める (もとめる)

to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for; to pursue (pleasure); to hunt (a job); to purchase; to buy