彼はまるで犯人を知っているかのような話しぶりだ。

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English Translation

He speaks as if he knew the criminal.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はまるで犯人(はんにん)を知(し)っているかのような話(はな)しぶりだ。

Romanji

Kare wa marude hannin o shitteiru ka no yōna hanashiburi da.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

丸で (まるで)

quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like

犯人 (はんにん)

offender; criminal

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

話し振り (はなしぶり)

one's way of talking

だ (だ)

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