彼、今日、精彩がないね。青菜に塩だね。

Sentence Analyzer

彼、今日、精彩がないね。青菜に塩だね。

English Translation

He seems really depressed and lifeless today. I wonder what took the wind out of his sails.

Furigana

彼(かれ)、今日(きょう)、精彩(せいさい)がないね。青菜(あおな)に塩(しお)だね。

Romanji

Kare, kyō, seisai ga nai ne. aona ni shio da ne.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

今日 (きょう、こんにち、こんち、こんじつ)

today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays

精彩 (せいさい)

brilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulness; vividness; life

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

青菜 (あおな)

greens

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

塩 (しお、えん)

salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt; salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative