その学校は外見が刑務所に似ている。

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その学校は外見が刑務所に似ている。

English Translation

The school looks like a prison.

Furigana

その学校(がっこう)は外見(がいけん)が刑務所(けいむしょ)に似(に)ている。

Romanji

Sono gakkō wa gaiken ga keimusho ni niteiru.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

学校 (がっこう)

school

は (は)

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

外見 (がいけん、そとみ)

outward appearance

が (が)

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

刑務所 (けいむしょ)

prison; penitentiary

に (に)

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

似る (にる)

to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like