彼には話しかける友人がいなかった。
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English Translation
He had no friend to talk to.
Furigana
Romanji
Kare ni wa hanashikakeru yūjin ga inakatta.
Words
彼
(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
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
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
話しかける
(はなしかける)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
友人
(ゆうじん)
friend
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
居る
(いる)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)