私の祖父は耳が遠いので、よくトンチンカンな返事をする。

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English Translation

My grandfather, being hard of hearing, often makes an irrelevant answer.

Furigana

私(わたし)の祖父(そふ)は耳(みみ)が遠(とお)いので、よくトンチンカンな返事(へんじ)をする。

Romanji

Watashi no sofu wa mimi ga tōi node, yoku tonchinkan na henji o suru.

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

祖父 (そふ、じじ、じい、おおじ、おじ、そぶ)

grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man

は (は)

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

耳 (みみ)

ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

が (が)

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

遠い (とおい)

far; distant

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

頓珍漢 (とんちんかん、トンチンカン)

absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

返事 (へんじ)

reply; answer; response

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