奇妙な話だが、彼は自分の無罪を主張した。

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English Translation

Oddly enough, he insisted on his innocence.

Furigana

奇妙(きみょう)な話(はなし)だが、彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)の無罪(むざい)を主張(しゅちょう)した。

Romanji

Kimyōna hanashi da ga, kare wa jibun no muzai o shuchōshita.

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

無罪 (むざい)

innocence

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.

主張 (しゅちょう)

claim; request; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention; opinion; tenet