外国人が日本語を習得するのは難しい。

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外国人が日本語を習得するのは難しい。

English Translation

It is difficult for foreigners to master Japanese.

Furigana

外国人(がいこくじん)が日本語(にほんご)を習得(しゅうとく)するのは難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Gaikokujin ga nihongo o shūtokusuru no wa muzukashii.

Words

外国人 (がいこくじん)

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

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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.

習得 (しゅうとく)

learning; acquisition

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

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