彼はイギリス人のフリをしていたが、外国なまりからその正体がばれた。

Sentence Analyzer

彼はいぎりす人のふりをしていたが、外国なまりからその正体がばれた。

English Translation

He pretended to be an Englishman, but his foreign accent gave him away.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はイギリス人(じん)のフリをしていたが、外国(がいこく)なまりからその正体(しょうたい)がばれた。

Romanji

Kare wa Igirisujin no furi o shiteita ga, gaikoku namari kara sono shōtai ga bareta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

イギリス人 (イギリスじん)

Englishman; Englishwoman

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

振り (ふり)

swing; shake; wave; swinging; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; pretending (to); going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction; move (dance); postures; lead in (e.g. to a running joke, asking a question); lead up; unsewn part of a hanging sleeve on a traditional Japanese woman's garment; counter for swords, blades, etc.

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.

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

が (が)

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

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

訛り (なまり)

accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; patois; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation

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

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...

正体 (しょうたい)

natural shape; one's true colors; one's true colours; true character; identity; true identity; consciousness; one's senses

腫れる (はれる)

to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen