奇妙な話だが、彼は父親の幽霊を見た。

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奇妙な話だが、彼は父親の幽霊を見た。

English Translation

Strange to say, he saw the ghost of his father.

Furigana

奇妙(きみょう)な話(はなし)だが、彼(かれ)は父親(ちちおや)の幽霊(ゆうれい)を見(み)た。

Romanji

Kimyōna hanashi da ga, kare wa chichioya no yūrei o mita.

Words

奇妙 (きみょう)

strange; queer; curious

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

父親 (ちちおや)

father

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

幽霊 (ゆうれい)

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...