40近いはずだ。

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近い はず

English Translation

He must be nearly forty.

Furigana

40(ちか)いはずだ。

Romanji

Yon zero chikai hazu da.

Words

(し、よん、よ)
four
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
近い (ちかい)
near; close; short (distance)
(はず)
expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: キン、 コン、 ちか.い
Meanings: near, early, akin, tantamount