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多分、君は冗談だと思うだろうけど、若い頃、僕はパンクロッカーだったんだ。

Sentence Analyzer

多分 冗談 思う だろう けど 若い パンクロッカー だった

English Translation

You're probably going to think this is a joke, but I was a punk rocker when I was a kid.

Furigana

多分(たぶん)(きみ)冗談(じょうだん)だと(おも)うだろうけど、(わか)(ころ)(ぼく)はパンクロッカーだったんだ。

Romanji

Tabun, kimi wa jōdan da to omou darou kedo, wakai koro, boku wa pankurokka- datta n da.

Words

多分 (たぶん)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much; great
(きみ)
you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)
jest; joke; funny story
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
若い (わかい)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
(ころ、ごろ)
(approximate) time; around; about; toward; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
(ぼく)
I; me; you; manservant
パンクロッカー (パンクロッカー、パンク・ロッカー)
punk rocker
()
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")

Kanji

Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: クン、 きみ、 -ぎみ
Meanings: mister, you, ruler, male name suffix
Reading: ジョウ
Meanings: superfluous, uselessness
Reading: ダン
Meanings: discuss, talk
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: ジャク、 ニャク、 ニャ、 わか.い、 わか-、 も.しくわ、 も.し、 も.しくは、 ごと.し
Meanings: young, if, perhaps, possibly, low number, immature
Readings: ケイ、 キョウ、 ころ、 ごろ、 しばら.く
Meanings: time, about, toward
Readings: ボク、 しもべ
Meanings: me, I (male)