久夫は死人のように青ざめた顔色をしていた。

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English Translation

Hisao's face was as pale as that of a corpse.

Furigana

久夫(ひさお)は死人(しにん)のように青(あお)ざめた顔色(かおいろ)をしていた。

Romanji

Hisao wa shinin no yōni aozameta kaoiro o shiteita.

Words

は (は)

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

死人 (しにん、しびと)

corpse; dead person

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

様に (ように)

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

青ざめる (あおざめる)

to become pale; to turn pale

顔色 (かおいろ、がんしょく)

complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face

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