少年は容貌が父親にかすかに似ている。

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少年 は 容貌 が 父親 に かすか に 似ている 。

English Translation

The boy faintly resembled his father in appearance.

Furigana

少年(しょうねん)は容貌(ようぼう)が父親(ちちおや)にかすかに似(に)ている。

Romanji

Shōnen wa yōbō ga chichioya ni kasuka ni niteiru.

Words

少年 (しょうねん)

boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

は (は)

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

容貌 (ようぼう)

looks; personal appearance; features

が (が)

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

父親 (ちちおや)

father

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

微か (かすか)

faint; dim; weak; slight; vague; indistinct; hazy; poor; wretched; meagre; meager; scanty

似る (にる)

to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

Kanji

少

Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

年

Readings: ネン、 とし

Meanings: year, counter for years

容

Readings: ヨウ、 い.れる

Meanings: contain, form, looks

貌

Readings: ボウ、 バク、 かたち、 かたどる

Meanings: form, appearance, countenance

父

Readings: フ、 ちち

Meaning: father

親

Readings: シン、 おや、 おや-、 した.しい、 した.しむ

Meanings: parent, intimacy, relative, familiarity, dealer (cards)

似

Readings: ジ、 に.る、 ひ.る

Meanings: becoming, resemble, counterfeit, imitate, suitable