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Zach

あの時は素面だったのですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 素面 だった です

English Translation

Were you sober at that time?

Furigana

あの(とき)素面(しらふ)だったのですか。

Romanji

Ano toki wa shirafu datta no desu ka.

Words

彼の (あの、かの)
that (someone or something distant from both speaker and listener, or situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)
(とき)
time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
素面 (すめん)
not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.); sober face; sobriety; face with no make-up; unpainted face
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
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
です (です)
be; is
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ソ、 ス、 もと
Meanings: elementary, principle, naked, uncovered
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface