Translation help


I’m trying to say “asking One’s annual income sounds like you are trying to
boast.” Would 「 年収を聞いたら、「大口な目的があるでしょう」と思います 」be right?




The biggest problem with your sentence:

> 年収{ねんしゅう}を聞{き}いたら、「大口{おおくち}な目的{もくてき}があるでしょう」と思{おも}います。

is none other than the fact that the middle part 「大口な目的があるでしょう」 makes
practically no sense. The only thing it could possibly mean to native speakers
would be " ** _(Someone) would have a big purpose_**.", which is not what you
want to express this time.

The word 「大口」 **_cannot mean "brag" or "boast" all by itself_**. To mean that,
it needs to be used with the verb 「たたく」 as in 「大口をたたく」. For this reason,
「大口な目的」 sounds pretty much non-sensical.

Even so, 「大口をたたく」 is not the phrase you would need to use in your sentence
this time. I would use 「自慢{じまん}」 and say:

> 「人{ひと}の年収を聞くと、自分{じぶん}の年収を自慢したがっているように思{おも}われてしまうこと（が/も）あります。」

