彼が今夜食べた夕食はあの夕食よりも質が劣っていた。

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English Translation

The dinner he ate this evening was inferior in quality to that dinner.

Furigana

彼(かれ)が今夜(こんや)食(た)べた夕食(ゆうしょく)はあの夕食(ゆうしょく)よりも質(しつ)が劣(おと)っていた。

Romanji

Kare ga kon'ya tabeta yūshoku wa ano yūshoku yori mo shitsu ga ototteita.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

今夜 (こんや)

this evening; tonight

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

夕食 (ゆうしょく)

evening meal; dinner

は (は)

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

質 (しつ)

quality

劣る (おとる)

to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind