空腹のはずがない。彼は昼食とったばかりだから。

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空腹 の はず が ない 。 彼 は 昼食 とった ばかり だ から 。

English Translation

He cannot be hungry; he has just had lunch.

Furigana

空腹(くうふく)のはずがない。彼(かれ)は昼食(ちゅうしょく)とったばかりだから。

Romanji

Kūfuku no hazu ga nai. kare wa chūshoku totta bakari da kara.

Words

空腹 (くうふく)

hunger

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

筈 (はず)

expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

昼食 (ちゅうしょく、ちゅうじき、ひるげ)

lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

だ (だ)

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

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

Kanji

空

Readings: クウ、 そら、 あ.く、 あ.き、 あ.ける、 から、 す.く、 す.かす、 むな.しい

Meanings: empty, sky, void, vacant, vacuum

腹

Readings: フク、 はら

Meanings: abdomen, belly, stomach

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

昼

Readings: チュウ、 ひる

Meanings: daytime, noon

食

Readings: ショク、 ジキ、 く.う、 く.らう、 た.べる、 は.む

Meanings: eat, food