友人は「不可能だ」と言わんばかりに首を横に振った。

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English Translation

My friend shook his head as much as to say "impossible".

Furigana

友人(ゆうじん)は「不可能(ふかのう)だ」と言(い)わんばかりに首(くび)を横(よこ)に振(ふ)った。

Romanji

Yūjin wa" fukanō da" to iwan bakari ni kubi o yoko ni futta.

Words

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

は (は)

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

不可能 (ふかのう)

impossible

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

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

首 (くび、クビ)

neck; head; dismissal; discharge; firing (from a job)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

横 (よこ)

horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; breadth; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside; next to; unconnected

振る (ふる)

to wave; to shake; to swing; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody); to reject; to jilt; to dump; to abandon; to give up; to ruin; to add kana indicating a reading of a word; to slightly change headings; to change directions; to extract by broiling; to prepare an infusion of; to decoct; to carry with great vigor (e.g. a portable shrine); to bring up the main topic; to replace; to substitute; to set up a joke for somebody else