外国人は日本人と知り合いになるのは難しいとぐちをこぼす。ある程度これは本当かもしれない。

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English Translation

Foreigners complain that it is difficult to get to know Japanese people. To some extent this may be true.

Furigana

外国人(がいこくじん)は日本人(にっぽんじん)と知(し)り合(あ)いになるのは難(むずか)しいとぐちをこぼす。ある程度(ていど)これは本当(ほんとう)かもしれない。

Romanji

Gaikokujin wa nipponjin to shiriai ni naru no wa muzukashii to guchi o kobosu. aruteido kore wa hontō kamo shirenai.

Words

外国人 (がいこくじん)

foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

知り合い (しりあい)

acquaintance

に (に)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

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

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

愚痴 (ぐち)

idle complaint; grumble; moha (ignorance, folly)

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.

零す (こぼす)

to spill; to drop; to shed (tears); to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show

ある程度 (あるていど)

to some extent; to a certain extent

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

本当 (ほんとう、ほんと)

truth; reality; actuality; fact; proper; right; correct; official; genuine; authentic; natural; veritable

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe