ジョンが戻ってきたとき、彼はまるで幽霊でもみたように青白い顔つきだった。

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English Translation

When John came back, he looked pale as if he had seen a ghost.

Furigana

ジョンが戻(もど)ってきたとき、彼(かれ)はまるで幽霊(ゆうれい)でもみたように青白(あおじろ)い顔(かお)つきだった。

Romanji

Jon ga modottekita toki, kare wa marude yūrei de mo mita yōni aojiroi kaotsuki datta.

Words

が (が)

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

戻る (もどる)

to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound; to spring back

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

幽霊 (ゆうれい)

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

青白い (あおじろい)

pale; pallid; bluish-white

顔付き (かおつき)

(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression

だ (だ)

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