私の兄は熱心に働いてるかのように振る舞った。

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English Translation

My brother pretended to be working very hard.

Furigana

私(わたし)の兄(あに)は熱心(ねっしん)に働(はたら)いてるかのように振(ふ)る舞(ま)った。

Romanji

Watashi no ani wa nesshin ni hataraiteru ka no yōni furumatta.

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

兄 (あに)

elder brother; older brother

は (は)

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

熱心 (ねっしん)

zeal; enthusiasm

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

働く (はたらく)

to work; to labor; to labour; to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice; to be conjugated

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

振る舞う (ふるまう)

to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)