どうして君のお父さんはあの男の正体を見抜いたのかわからない。

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English Translation

I can't understand how your father managed to see through that man.

Furigana

どうして君(きみ)のお父(とう)さんはあの男(おとこ)の正体(しょうたい)を見抜(みぬ)いたのかわからない。

Romanji

Dōshite kimi no otōsan wa ano otoko no shōtai o minuita no ka wakaranai.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

君 (きみ)

you; buddy; pal; monarch; ruler; sovereign; (one's) master

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

お父さん (おとうさん、おとっさん)

father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy; dada

は (は)

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

彼の (あの、かの)

that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

正体 (しょうたい)

natural shape; one's true colors; one's true colours; true character; identity; true identity; consciousness; one's senses

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.

見抜く (みぬく)

to see through

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out