あの人は実際の友達ではなく、単に知り合いです。

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English Translation

He is not really a friend, just an acquaintance.

Furigana

あの人(ひと)は実際(じっさい)の友達(ともだち)ではなく、単(たん)に知(し)り合(あ)いです。

Romanji

Ano hito wa jissai no tomodachi de wa naku, tanni shiriai desu.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

実際 (じっさい)

practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)

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

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

単に (たんに)

simply; merely; only; solely

知り合い (しりあい)

acquaintance

です (です)

be; is