うちの弟は、よく寝ぼけて変なことを言い出す。

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English Translation

My little brother gets delirious when he's sleepy. He says the weirdest things.

Furigana

うちの弟(おとうと)は、よく寝(ね)ぼけて変(へん)なことを言(いだ)い出()す。

Romanji

Uchi no otōto wa, yoku nebokete henna koto o iidasu.

Words

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

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

弟 (おとうと、おと、おとと、てい)

younger brother; little brother; kid brother; pupil; apprentice

は (は)

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

寝ぼける (ねぼける)

to be half asleep; to be still only half awake

変 (へん)

strange; odd; peculiar; weird; curious; queer; eccentric; funny; suspicious; fishy; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance; disaster; accident; flat

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

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.

言い出す (いいだす)

to start talking; to speak; to tell; to propose; to suggest; to break the ice