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そう言えば、鯔背な男だった記憶が有るがどうしてるんだろな?

Sentence Analyzer

そう 言えば だった 記憶 有る どう してる だろ

English Translation

Now that you mention it, I remember he was a dashing man. I wonder how he's doing?

Furigana

そう()えば、(いな)()(おとこ)だった記憶(きおく)()るがどうしてるんだろな?

Romanji

Sō ieba, ina se na otoko datta kioku ga aru ga dō shiteru n daro na?

Words

そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
言う (いう、ゆう)
to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
(ぼら、ボラ)
striped mullet (Mugil cephalus); redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
(せい)
height; stature
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(おとこ、おっこ)
man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation
記憶 (きおく)
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
如何 (どう、いかが、いか)
how; in what way; how about
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
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: シ、 ぼら、 とど
Meaning: mullet (fish)
Readings: ハイ、 せ、 せい、 そむ.く、 そむ.ける
Meanings: stature, height, back, behind, disobey, defy, go back on, rebel
Readings: ダン、 ナン、 おとこ、 お
Meaning: male
Readings: キ、 しる.す
Meanings: scribe, account, narrative
Reading: オク
Meanings: recollection, think, remember
Readings: ユウ、 ウ、 あ.る
Meanings: possess, have, exist, happen, occur, approx