こいつがそんな玉じゃないことなんてとうの昔に解っていたからさ。

Sentence Analyzer

こいつ が そんな 玉 じゃない こと なんて とう の 昔 に 解っていた から さ 。

English Translation

That's because, you see, I've known he isn't that sort of person from a long time back.

Furigana

こいつがそんな玉(たま)じゃないことなんてとうの昔(むかし)に解(わか)っていたからさ。

Romanji

Koitsu ga sonna tama janai koto nante tou no mukashi ni wakatteita kara sa.

Words

此奴 (こいつ、こやつ)

this fellow; this guy; this person

が (が)

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

そんな (そんな)

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

玉 (たま)

ball; sphere; globe; orb; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; droplet; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet; bulb (i.e. a light bulb); lens (of glasses, etc.); bead (of an abacus); ball (i.e. a testicle); gem; jewel (esp. spherical; sometimes used figuratively); pearl; female entertainer (e.g. a geisha); person (when commenting on their nature); character; item, funds or person used as part of a plot; egg; coin; precious; beautiful; excellent

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

時鳥 (ほととぎす、しき、ふじょき、とけん、しょっこん、くつてどり、とう、ホトトギス)

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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

昔 (むかし)

olden days; former

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

さ (さ)

-ness (nominalizing suffix indicating degree or condition); (sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates assertion; come; come now

Kanji

玉

Readings: ギョク、 たま、 たま-、 -だま

Meanings: jewel, ball

昔

Readings: セキ、 シャク、 むかし

Meanings: once upon a time, antiquity, old times

解

Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute