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あの車のセールスマンは一風変わった奴だ。

Sentence Analyzer

あの セールスマン 一風 変わった

English Translation

That car salesman was a pretty off the wall kind of guy.

Furigana

あの(くるま)のセールスマンは一風(いっぷう)()わった(やつ)だ。

Romanji

Ano kuruma no se-rusuman wa ippū kawatta yatsu da.

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)
(くるま)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
()
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
セールスマン (セールスマン)
salesman
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
一風 (いっぷう)
eccentric
変わる (かわる)
to change; to be transformed; to be altered; to vary; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon; to be unusual
(やつ、しゃつ)
fellow; guy; chap; thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: シャ、 くるま
Meaning: car
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: フウ、 フ、 かぜ、 かざ-、 -かぜ
Meanings: wind, air, style, manner
Readings: ヘン、 か.わる、 か.わり、 か.える
Meanings: unusual, change, strange
Readings: ド、 やつ、 やっこ
Meanings: guy, slave, manservant, fellow