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美智子はまるで北極に行って来たような口ぶりだ。

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美智子 まるで 北極 行って来た ような 口ぶり

English Translation

Michiko talks as if she had been to the Arctic herself.

Furigana

美智子(みちこ)はまるで北極(ほっきょく)()って()たような(くち)ぶりだ。

Romanji

Michiko wa marude Hokkyoku ni ittekita yōna kuchiburi da.

Words

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
丸で (まるで)
quite; entirely; completely; at all; as if; as though; just like
北極 (ほっきょく)
North Pole; the Arctic
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
行く (いく、ゆく)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
口ぶり (くちぶり)
way of speaking; intimation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ビ、 ミ、 うつく.しい
Meanings: beauty, beautiful
Reading: 
Meanings: wisdom, intellect, reason
Readings: シ、 ス、 ツ、 こ、 -こ、 ね
Meanings: child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
Readings: ホク、 きた
Meaning: north
Readings: キョク、 ゴク、 きわ.める、 きわ.まる、 きわ.まり、 きわ.み、 き.める、 -ぎ.め、 き.まる
Meanings: poles, settlement, conclusion, end, highest rank, electric poles, very, extremely, most, highly, 10**48
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become
Readings: コウ、 ク、 くち
Meaning: mouth