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Zach

義理だけの拍手をもらう。

Sentence Analyzer

義理 だけ 拍手 もらう

English Translation

It was just polite applause.

Furigana

義理(ぎり)だけの拍手(はくしゅ)をもらう。

Romanji

Giri dake no hakushu o morau.

Words

義理 (ぎり)
duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; in-law; relation by marriage
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
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
拍手 (はくしゅ)
clapping hands; applause
()
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.
貰う (もらう)
to receive; to take; to accept; to get somebody to do something

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ハク、 ヒョウ
Meanings: clap, beat (music)
Readings: シュ、 ズ、 て、 て-、 -て、 た-
Meaning: hand