何と汚れた顔をしているんだ、と彼は私に言った。

what; how; whatever

to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity

face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

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.

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise