健は２人のうちで背が高いほうだ。

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健は２人のうちで背が高いほうだ。

English Translation

Ken is the taller of them.

Furigana

健(けん)は２人(にん)のうちで背(せ)が高(たか)いほうだ。

Romanji

Ken wa ni nin no uchi de se ga takai hō da.

Words

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

背 (せい)

height; stature

が (が)

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

高い (たかい)

high; tall; expensive

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

だ (だ)

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