結局、言い出しっぺの人が来てないのだけど、どういうことだ？

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English Translation

He brought it up first, but he didn't show up. What's going on?

Furigana

結局(けっきょく)、言(いだ)い出()しっぺの人(ひと)が来(き)てないのだけど、どういうことだ？

Romanji

Kekkyoku, iidashippe no hito ga kitenai no da kedo, dōiu koto da?

Words

結局 (けっきょく)

after all; eventually; in the end

言い出しっぺ (いいだしっぺ)

first person to say something; first person to suggest something; he who smelt it dealt it; the first person who claims innocence is guilty

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

来る (くる)

to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to arrive; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become; to get; to grow; to continue; to come from; to be caused by; to derive from; to come to (i.e. "when it comes to spinach ...")

だ (だ)

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

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

如何いう (どういう)

somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as