見知らぬ人に吠え掛かるのは多くの犬に共通の習慣です。

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English Translation

Barking at strangers is a habit common to many dogs.

Furigana

見知(みし)らぬ人(ひと)に吠(ほ)え掛(か)かるのは多(おお)くの犬(いぬ)に共通(きょうつう)の習慣(しゅうかん)です。

Romanji

Mishiranu hito ni hoe kakaru no wa ōku no inu ni kyōtsū no shūkan desu.

Words

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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

吠える (ほえる)

to bark; to bay; to howl; to bellow; to roar; to cry

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on

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

は (は)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

共通 (きょうつう)

commonness; community; to be common; to be shared; -wide

習慣 (しゅうかん)

habit; custom; cultural practice

です (です)

be; is