彼は日本語のうわべだけの知識しかない。

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彼 は 日本語 の うわべ だけ の 知識 しか ない 。

English Translation

He has only a superficial knowledge of Japanese.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は日本語(にほんご)のうわべだけの知識(ちしき)しかない。

Romanji

Kare wa nihongo no uwabe dake no chishiki shika nai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

日本語 (にほんご、にっぽんご)

Japanese (language); Japanese as a second language

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

上辺 (うわべ)

seeming; exterior; surface; outside; outward appearance

丈 (だけ)

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

知識 (ちしき)

knowledge; information

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

語

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language

知

Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる

Meanings: know, wisdom

識

Readings: シキ、 し.る、 しる.す

Meanings: discriminating, know, write