この最後の質問を聞いたとき、イギリス人は自分の耳が信じられませんでした。

Sentence Analyzer

この最後の質問を聞いたとき、いぎりす人は自分の耳が信じられませんでした。

English Translation

When the Englishman heard this last question, he could not believe his ears.

Furigana

この最後(さいご)の質問(しつもん)を聞(き)いたとき、イギリス人(じん)は自分(じぶん)の耳(みみ)が信(しん)じられませんでした。

Romanji

Kono saigo no shitsumon o kiita toki, Igirisujin wa jibun no mimi ga shinjiraremasen deshita.

Words

此の (この)

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

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

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

質問 (しつもん)

question; inquiry; enquiry

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.

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

イギリス人 (イギリスじん)

Englishman; Englishwoman

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

が (が)

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