すると、学部長はため息をつき、「その女性は、たぶん... 私の従姉妹のだと思います」と言った。

Sentence Analyzer

すると、学部長はため息をつき、「その女性は、たぶん ... 私の従姉妹のだと思います」と言った。

English Translation

The dean sighed and said: "I think that this woman is perhaps... my own cousin".

Furigana

すると、学部長(がくぶちょう)はため息(いき)をつき、「その女性(じょせい)は、たぶん...私(わたし)の従姉妹(いとこ)のだと思(おも)います」と言(い)った。

Romanji

Suruto, gakubuchō wa tameiki o tsuki," sono josei wa, tabun ... watashi no itoko no da to omoimasu" to itta.

Words

すると (すると)

thereupon; hereupon

学部長 (がくぶちょう)

dean

は (は)

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

ため息 (ためいき)

sigh

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.

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink

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...

女性 (じょせい、にょしょう)

woman; female; feminine gender

多分 (たぶん)

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much; great

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

従姉妹 (いとこ、じゅうしまい)

cousin (female)

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

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

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

言う (いう、ゆう)

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