この話はまたぎきなので真偽のほどは分からない。

Sentence Analyzer

この 話 は また ぎきなので 真偽 の ほど は 分からない 。

English Translation

As I heard the story secondhand, I can't ascertain the truth of it.

Furigana

この話(はなし)はまたぎきなので真偽(しんぎ)のほどは分(わ)からない。

Romanji

Kono hanashi wa mata gikinanode shingi no hodo wa wakaranai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

は (は)

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

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

真偽 (しんぎ)

truth or error; authenticity

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

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

話

Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし

Meanings: tale, talk

真

Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと

Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect

偽

Readings: ギ、 カ、 いつわ.る、 にせ、 いつわ.り

Meanings: falsehood, lie, deceive, pretend, counterfeit, forgery

分

Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100