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教室のそうじをするのは生徒の義務だ。

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教室 そう する 生徒 義務

English Translation

It is the students' duty to clean their classrooms.

Furigana

教室(きょうしつ)のそうじをするのは生徒(せいと)義務(ぎむ)だ。

Romanji

Kyōshitsu no sō ji o suru no wa seito no gimu da.

Words

教室 (きょうしつ)
classroom; department; laboratory; single-room school; small school
()
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
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
()
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
()
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.
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
生徒 (せいと)
pupil
義務 (ぎむ)
duty; obligation; responsibility
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: シツ、 むろ
Meanings: room, apartment, chamber, greenhouse, cellar
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: ト、 いたずら、 あだ
Meanings: on foot, junior, emptiness, vanity, futility, uselessness, ephemeral thing, gang, set, party, people
Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: ム、 つと.める
Meanings: task, duties