どうして見ず知らずの男が自分の名前を知っているんだろう？

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English Translation

How did a total stranger know his name?

Furigana

どうして見(みし)ず知()らずの男(おとこ)が自分(じぶん)の名前(なまえ)を知(し)っているんだろう？

Romanji

Dōshite mizushirazu no otoko ga jibun no namae o shitteiru n darou?

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

見ず知らず (みずしらず)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown; new; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger

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

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

名前 (なまえ)

name; full name; given name; first name

を (を)

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.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

ん (ん)

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")

だ (だ)

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