もとは相当の身分の人だったそうです。

Sentence Analyzer

もとは相当の身分の人だったそうです。

English Translation

He is said to have been a man of respectable position.

Furigana

もとは相当(そうとう)の身分(みぶん)の人(ひと)だったそうです。

Romanji

Moto wa sōtō no mibun no hito datta sō desu.

Words

元 (もと)

origin; source; base; basis; foundation; root; cause; ingredient; material; (somebody's) side; (somebody's) location; original cost (or capital, principal, etc.); (plant) root; (tree) trunk; first section of a waka; counter for blades of grass, tree trunks, etc., and for falcons (in falconry); handle (chopsticks, brush, etc.); grip

は (は)

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

相当 (そうとう)

befitting; becoming; worthy of; proportionate; in keeping with; suitable; considerable; substantial; to be worthy of; to be proportionate to; to correspond to (in meaning, function, etc.); to be equivalent; extremely; considerably

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

身分 (みぶん)

social position; social status

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

だ (だ)

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

です (です)

be; is