実は彼の父は仕事で、ニューヨークで独り暮らしをしている。

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English Translation

The fact is that his father lives alone in New York because of work.

Furigana

実(じつ)は彼(かれ)の父(ちち)は仕事(しごと)で、ニューヨークで独(ひと)り暮(ぐ)らしをしている。

Romanji

Jitsuha kare no chichi wa shigoto de, Nyu-Yo-Ku de hitorigurashi o shiteiru.

Words

実は (じつは)

as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

紐育 (ニューヨーク)

New York (US state, city)

一人暮らし (ひとりぐらし)

a single life; a solitary life; living alone

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to