例文009（入門英文解釈の技術70）

例文009

Already in the sixteenth century the first Christian missionary to Japan, St. Francis Xavier, remarked on the inquisitiveness of the people in his letters home. This is still true of the people of Japan today.

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Already in the sixteenth century the first Christian missionary to Japan, St. Francis Xavier, remarked on the inquisitiveness of the people in his letters home.

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和訳

M:すでに　M:16世紀
S:最初の宣教師
　M:日本への
　M:聖ザビエル
V:言及した
　M:日本人の好奇心について
　M:本国の手紙の中で

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This is still true of the people of Japan today.

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和訳

S:これ　V:である　C:いまだに正しい
　M:日本の国民について
　M:今日