二人の沈黙はなんなんだ。これが嵐の前の静けさってやつか。

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English Translation

Those two are so quiet it's unsettling. Could this be the quiet before the storm?

Furigana

二(に)人(にん)の沈黙(ちんもく)はなんなんだ。これが嵐(あらし)の前(まえ)の静(しず)けさってやつか。

Romanji

Ni nin no chinmoku wa nan na n da. kore ga arashi no mae no shizukesa tte yatsu ka.

Words

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

沈黙 (ちんもく)

silence; being silent; quiet; hush; reticence; inaction

は (は)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

だ (だ)

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

ん (ん)

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")

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

が (が)

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

嵐 (あらし)

storm; tempest; difficulty; trouble

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

静けさ (しずけさ)

stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

奴 (やつ、しゃつ)

fellow; guy; chap; thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way