ある人物がどこの出身であるかを言い当てるのは非常に難しい。

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ある 人物 が どこ の 出身 で ある か を 言い当てる の は 非常 に 難しい 。

English Translation

It is very hard to tell what country a person comes from.

Furigana

ある人物(じんぶつ)がどこの出身(しゅっしん)であるかを言(いあ)い当()てるのは非常(ひじょう)に難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Aru jinbutsu ga doko no shusshin de aru ka o iiateru no wa hijō ni muzukashii.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

人物 (じんぶつ)

person; character; figure; personage; man; woman; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person

が (が)

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

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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

出身 (しゅっしん)

person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

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

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.

言い当てる (いいあてる)

to guess right

は (は)

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

非常 (ひじょう)

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky

Kanji

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

身

Readings: シン、 み

Meanings: somebody, person, one's station in life

言

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと

Meanings: say, word

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

非

Readings: ヒ、 あら.ず

Meanings: un-, mistake, negative, injustice, non-

常

Readings: ジョウ、 つね、 とこ-

Meanings: usual, ordinary, normal, regular

難

Readings: ナン、 かた.い、 -がた.い、 むずか.しい、 むづか.しい、 むつか.しい、 -にく.い

Meanings: difficult, impossible, trouble, accident, defect