学校をさぼるのは非行の第一段階である。

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学校をさぼるのは非行の第一段階である。

English Translation

Cutting school is the first stage of delinquency.

Furigana

学校(がっこう)をさぼるのは非行(ひこう)の第(だい)一(いち)段階(だんかい)である。

Romanji

Gakkō o saboru no wa hikō no dai ichi dankai de aru.

Words

学校 (がっこう)

school

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.

サボる (サボる)

to be truant; to play hooky; to skip school; to skip out; to be idle; to sabotage by slowness

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

非行 (ひこう)

delinquency; misconduct

第 (だい)

ordinal

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

段階 (だんかい)

grade; level; stage; class; phase; steps; order; gradation

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative