このうわさの張本人はだれだ？
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English Translation
Who is at the bottom of these rumors?
Furigana
このうわさの張本人 はだれだ？
Romanji
Kono uwasa no chōhonnin wa dare da?
Words
此の
(この)
this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)
噂
(うわさ)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
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
張本人
(ちょうほんにん)
ringleader; originator; perpetrator
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
誰
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative