この小説の作者は誰ですか。
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English Translation
Who is the author of this story?
Furigana
この小説 の作者 は誰 ですか。
Romanji
Kono shōsetsu no sakusha wa dare desu ka.
Words
此の
(この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
小説
(しょうせつ)
novel; (short) story
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
作者
(さくしゃ)
author; authoress; writer; composer; artist
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
誰
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
です
(です)
be; is
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
Kanji
Readings: ショウ、 ちい.さい、 こ-、 お-、 さ-
Meanings: little, small
Readings: セツ、 ゼイ、 と.く
Meanings: opinion, theory, explanation, rumor
Readings: サク、 サ、 つく.る、 つく.り、 -づく.り
Meanings: make, production, prepare, build
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody