あの人はまるで私を知っているかのようにおじぎをしているわ。
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English Translation
That man bows to me as if he knew me.
Furigana
あの人 はまるで私 を知 っているかのようにおじぎをしているわ。
Romanji
Ano hito wa marude watashi o shitteiru ka no yōni ojigi o shiteiru wa.
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
丸で
(まるで)
quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
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.
知る
(しる)
to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern
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
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
様に
(ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
お辞儀
(おじぎ)
bow; bowing
為る
(する)
to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
わ
(わ)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; wah!; boo!