日本は、いわば、彼の第２の祖国だ。

Sentence Analyzer

日本は、いわば、彼の第２の祖国だ。

English Translation

Japan is, as it were, his second home.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)は、いわば、彼(かれ)の第(だい)２の祖国(そこく)だ。

Romanji

Nippon wa, iwaba, kare no dai ni no sokoku da.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

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

言わば (いわば)

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

第 (だい)

ordinal

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

祖国 (そこく)

motherland; fatherland; native country

だ (だ)

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