あの少年は彼の兄さんです。

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あの 少年 は 彼 の 兄さん です 。

English Translation

That boy is his brother.

Furigana

あの少年(しょうねん)は彼(かれ)の兄(にい)さんです。

Romanji

Ano shōnen wa kare no niisan 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)

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

兄さん (にいさん、あにさん)

older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); (vocative) young man; buddy; fella; laddie

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

兄

Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 あに

Meanings: elder brother, big brother