スミスさんは自分のことを大物だと思っている。

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English Translation

Mr Smith thinks that he's a big shot.

Furigana

スミスさんは自分(じぶん)のことを大物(おおもの)だと思(おも)っている。

Romanji

Sumisu san wa jibun no koto o ōmono da to omotteiru.

Words

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

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

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

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.

大物 (おおもの)

important person; big-shot; bigwig; big game (animal, fish); big thing; valuable thing

だ (だ)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

自

Readings: ジ、シ、みずか.ら、おの.ずから、おの.ずと

Meaning: oneself

分

Readings: ブン、フン、ブ、わ.ける、わ.け、わ.かれる、わ.かる、わ.かつ

Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100

大

Readings: ダイ、タイ、おお-、おお.きい、 -おお.いに

Meanings: large, big

物

Readings: ブツ、モツ、もの、もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

思

Readings: シ、おも.う、おもえら.く、おぼ.す

Meaning: think