しかし僕だけではなく、もうひとり—いや、もう一匹の珍客がいたらしい。

Sentence Analyzer

しかし 僕 だけ で は なく 、 もう ひとり — いや 、 もう 一 匹 の 珍客 が いた らしい 。

English Translation

However it was not just me, there was one more person, no, one more creature visiting.

Furigana

しかし僕(ぼく)だけではなく、もうひとり—いや、もう一(いち)匹(ひき)の珍客(ちんきゃく)がいたらしい。

Romanji

Shikashi boku dake de wa naku, mō hitori iya, mō ichi hiki no chinkyaku ga ita rashii.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

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

は (は)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

もう (もう)

now; soon; shortly; before long; presently; already; yet; by now; (not) anymore; further; more; again; another; the other; interjection used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

否 (いいえ、いいや、いえ、いな、いや)

no; nay; well; er; why

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

匹 (ひき、き)

counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); counter for horses; roll of cloth

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

珍客 (ちんきゃく、ちんかく)

welcome visitor; rare guest

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)

らしい (らしい)

seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...

Kanji

僕

Readings: ボク、 しもべ

Meanings: me, I (male)

一

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ

Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)

匹

Readings: ヒツ、 ひき

Meanings: equal, head, counter for small animals, roll of cloth

珍

Readings: チン、 めずら.しい、 たから

Meanings: rare, curious, strange

客

Readings: キャク、 カク

Meanings: guest, visitor, customer, client