彼はまるでその秘密を知っているかのような話し方をする。
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English Translation
        He talks as if he knew the secret.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Kare wa marude sono himitsu o shitteiru ka no yōna hanashikata o suru.
    
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                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
        
    
            
                其の
            
            
                (その)
            
        
        
            that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
        
    
            
                秘密
            
            
                (ひみつ)
            
        
        
            secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret; mystery; esoteric teachings
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                話し方
            
            
                (はなしかた)
            
        
        
            way of talking; speaking style
        
    
            
                為る
            
            
                (する)
            
        
        
            to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
        
    Kanji
Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
                        Meanings: he, that, the
                    Readings: ヒ、 ひ.める、 ひそ.か、 かく.す
                        Meanings: secret, conceal
                    Readings: ミツ、 ひそ.か
                        Meanings: secrecy, density (pop), minuteness, carefulness
                    Readings: チ、 し.る、 し.らせる
                        Meanings: know, wisdom
                    Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
                        Meanings: tale, talk
                    Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
                        Meanings: direction, person, alternative