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Zach

あの黒ずくめの紳士は誰ですか。

Sentence Analyzer

あの 黒ずくめ 紳士 です

English Translation

Who is the gentleman all dressed in black?

Furigana

あの(くろ)ずくめの紳士(しんし)(だれ)ですか。

Romanji

Ano kurozukume no shinshi wa dare 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)
黒ずくめ (くろずくめ)
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
()
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
紳士 (しんし)
gentleman
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(だれ、たれ、た)
who
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: コク、 くろ、 くろ.ずむ、 くろ.い
Meaning: black
Reading: シン
Meanings: sire, good belt, gentleman
Readings: シ、 さむらい
Meanings: gentleman, samurai, samurai radical (no. 33)
Readings: スイ、 だれ、 たれ、 た
Meanings: who, someone, somebody