喜色満面の笑みを浮かべているけど、彼、よっぽど嬉しいことがあったんだろうな。

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English Translation

You could tell by the ear-to-ear grin that came to his face that he really had something to smile about.

Furigana

喜色(きしょく)満面(まんめん)の笑(え)みを浮(う)かべているけど、彼(かれ)、よっぽど嬉(うれ)しいことがあったんだろうな。

Romanji

Kishoku manmen no emi o ukabeteiru kedo, kare, yoppodo ureshii koto ga atta n darou na.

Words

喜色 (きしょく)

glad countenance; joyful look

満面 (まんめん)

(the) whole face

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

笑み (えみ)

smile

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.

浮かべる (うかべる)

to float; to express; to look (sad, glad); to think; to imagine; to remember

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

余っ程 (よっぽど、よほど)

very; greatly; much; to a large extent; quite; just about to

嬉しい (うれしい)

happy; glad; pleasant

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

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

だ (だ)

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

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition