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教師は決して生徒の間違いをあざ笑ってはならない。

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教師 決して 生徒 間違い あざ笑って はならない

English Translation

A teacher should never laugh at his students' mistakes.

Furigana

教師(きょうし)(けっ)して生徒(せいと)間違(まちが)いをあざ(わら)ってはならない。

Romanji

Kyōshi wa kesshite seito no machigai o azawaratte wanaranai.

Words

教師 (きょうし)
teacher (classroom)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
決して (けっして、けして)
never; by no means; not in the least; in no way
生徒 (せいと)
pupil
()
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
間違い (まちがい)
mistake; error; blunder; accident; mishap; trouble; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
()
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.
あざ笑う (あざわらう、せせらわらう)
to sneer at; to ridicule
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: キョウ、 おし.える、 おそ.わる
Meanings: teach, faith, doctrine
Readings: シ、 いくさ
Meanings: expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
Readings: ケツ、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる、 さ.く
Meanings: decide, fix, agree upon, appoint
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
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: イ、 ちが.う、 ちが.い、 ちが.える、 -ちが.える、 たが.う、 たが.える
Meanings: difference, differ
Readings: ショウ、 わら.う、 え.む
Meaning: laugh