私は電話帳で彼の電話番号を調べた。

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私は電話帳で彼の電話番号を調べた。

English Translation

I looked up his telephone number in a telephone directory.

Furigana

私(わたし)は電話帳(でんわちょう)で彼(かれ)の電話(でんわ)番号(ばんごう)を調(しら)べた。

Romanji

Watashi wa denwachō de kare no denwa bangō o shirabeta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

電話帳 (でんわちょう)

telephone book; telephone directory

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.

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

電話 (でんわ)

telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone

番号 (ばんごう)

number; series of digits

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.

調べる (しらべる)

to examine; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study; to inquire; to search