私の友達に「鉛筆」というあだなの子がいます。

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English Translation

I have a friend whose nickname is "Pencil."

Furigana

私(わたし)の友達(ともだち)に「鉛筆(えんぴつ)」というあだなの子(こ)がいます。

Romanji

Watashi no tomodachi ni" enpitsu" toiu adana no ko ga imasu.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

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

鉛筆 (えんぴつ)

pencil

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

徒名 (あだな)

rumor of a romance (rumour)

子 (こ)

child; young (animal); young woman; young geisha; offshoot; interest; new shares; player who is not a dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); bird egg; -er (often of young women)

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)