彼は５０を超えているはずはない。まだ４０代にちがいない。

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彼 は ５ ０ を 超えている はず は ない 。 まだ ４ ０ 代 に ちがいない 。

English Translation

He cannot be over fifty; he must still be in his forties.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は５０を超(こ)えているはずはない。まだ４０代(だい)にちがいない。

Romanji

Kare wa go zero o koeteiru hazu wa nai. mada yon zero dai ni chigainai.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

五 (ご、いつ、い)

five

○ (まる)

circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound

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.

越える (こえる)

to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to pass over (out of); to exceed

筈 (はず)

expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

四 (し、よん、よ)

four

代 (だい)

charge; cost; price; generation; age; reign; era; a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); proxy application company; pronoun

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

近い (ちかい)

near; close; short (distance)

Kanji

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

超

Readings: チョウ、 こ.える、 こ.す

Meanings: transcend, super-, ultra-

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee