あの人の顔の一部が私の昔の男友達を想い起こさせた。

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English Translation

Something in his face really reminded me of an old boyfriend of mine.

Furigana

あの人(ひと)の顔(かお)の一部(いちぶ)が私(わたし)の昔(むかし)の男(おとこ)友達(ともだち)を想(おも)い起(お)こさせた。

Romanji

Ano hito no kao no ichibu ga watashi no mukashi no otoko tomodachi o omoi okosaseta.

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

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

顔 (かお、がん)

face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

一部 (いちぶ)

one part; one portion; one section; some; one copy (e.g. of a document)

が (が)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

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.

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)