見知らぬ男が私の襟をつかんだ。

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見知らぬ男が私の襟をつかんだ。

English Translation

A strange man caught me by the collar.

Furigana

見知(みし)らぬ男(おとこ)が私(わたし)の襟(えり)をつかんだ。

Romanji

Mishiranu otoko ga watashi no eri o tsukanda.

Words

見知らぬ (みしらぬ)

strange; unfamiliar; unknown

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

が (が)

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

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

襟 (えり)

collar; lapel; neckband; neck; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

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.

掴む (つかむ)

to seize; to catch; to grasp; to grip; to grab; to hold; to catch hold of; to lay one's hands on; to clutch; to understand; to grasp; to comprehend