あの元気な男が病気で倒れるなんて、鬼の霍乱ともっぱらの噂だよ。

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English Translation

For a healthy cheerful guy like that to get sick is like the devil getting sunstroke. Everyone is talking about it.

Furigana

あの元気(げんき)な男(おとこ)が病気(びょうき)で倒(たお)れるなんて、鬼(おに)の霍乱()ともっぱらの噂(うわさ)だよ。

Romanji

Ano genkina otoko ga byōki de taoreru nante, oni no to moppara no uwasa da yo.

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)

元気 (げんき)

lively; full of spirit; energetic; vigorous; vital; spirited; healthy; well; fit; in good health

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

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

が (が)

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

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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.

倒れる (たおれる)

to fall; to collapse; to drop; to fall senseless; to be forced to bed (by illness, etc.); to die; to go bankrupt; to be ruined; to have a bad debt; to be defeated (in a game); to fall (of governments, dictators, etc.)

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

鬼 (おに、き)

ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (i.e. in a game of tag); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very; extremely; super-

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

霍乱 (かくらん)

sunstroke; heatstroke

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

専ら (もっぱら、もはら)

wholly; solely; entirely; exclusively; devotedly; fixedly; principally; mostly; chiefly; mainly

噂 (うわさ)

rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!