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外人が日本食に慣れることはむずかしい。

Sentence Analyzer

外人 日本食 慣れる こと むずかしい

English Translation

It is difficult for foreigners to get used to Japanese food.

Furigana

外人(がいじん)日本食(にっぽんしょく)()れることはむずかしい。

Romanji

Gaijin ga Nipponshoku ni nareru koto wa muzukashii.

Words

外人 (がいじん、ほかびと)
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; outsider
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indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
日本食 (にほんしょく)
Japanese food; Japanese meal
()
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
慣れる (なれる)
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
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topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)
difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

Readings: ガイ、 ゲ、 そと、 ほか、 はず.す、 はず.れる、 と-
Meaning: outside
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む
Meanings: eat, food
Readings: カン、 な.れる、 な.らす
Meanings: accustomed, get used to, become experienced