名前は忘れてしまいましたが、ある作家がこの小説を書いたのです。

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English Translation

A writer, whose name I have forgotten, wrote this novel.

Furigana

名前(なまえ)は忘(わす)れてしまいましたが、ある作家(さっか)がこの小説(しょうせつ)を書(か)いたのです。

Romanji

Namae wa wasureteshimaimashita ga, aru sakka ga kono shōsetsu o kaita no desu.

Words

名前 (なまえ)

name; full name; given name; first name

は (は)

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

忘れる (わすれる)

to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

が (が)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

作家 (さっか)

author; writer; novelist; artist

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

小説 (しょうせつ)

novel; (short) story

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.

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

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

です (です)

be; is