ウエスト教授は私の父とほとんど同年です。

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English Translation

Professor West is almost as old as my father.

Furigana

ウエスト教授(きょうじゅ)は私(わたし)の父(ちち)とほとんど同年(どうねん)です。

Romanji

Uesuto kyōju wa watashi no chichi to hotondo dōnen desu.

Words

ウエスト (ウエスト、ウェスト)

waist; west; waste

教授 (きょうじゅ)

professor; teaching; instruction

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

殆ど (ほとんど)

mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but; just about; almost

同年 (どうねん)

that year; same year; same age

です (です)

be; is