友達というほどではないが友達だ。
Sentence Analyzer
English Translation
He is not a friend, but an acquaintance.
Furigana
Romanji
Tomodachi to iu hodo de wa nai ga tomodachi da.
Words
友達
(ともだち)
friend; companion
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
結う
(ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix
程
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない
(ない)
not; emphatic suffix
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and