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Zach

ライトさんは、まるで母国語の様に日本語を話します。

Sentence Analyzer

らいと さん まるで 母国語 様に 日本語 話します

English Translation

Mr Wright speaks Japanese as if it were his mother tongue.

Furigana

ライトさんは、まるで母国語(ぼこくご)(よう)日本語(にほんご)(はな)します。

Romanji

Raito san wa, marude bokokugo no yōni nihongo o hanashimasu.

Words

ライト (ライト)
light; right; right field; right fielder
さん (さん)
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
丸で (まるで)
quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like
母国語 (ぼこくご)
language of one's country; mother tongue; native language
()
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
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)
Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language
()
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.
話す (はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

Kanji

Readings: ボ、 はは、 も
Meaning: mother
Readings: コク、 くに
Meaning: country
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ヨウ、 ショウ、 さま、 さん
Meanings: Esq., way, manner, situation, polite suffix
Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か
Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk