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Zach

彼は名目上では首相だが、実際はそうではない。

Sentence Analyzer

名目上 首相 実際 そう ない

English Translation

He is prime minister in name, but not in reality.

Furigana

(かれ)名目上(めいもくじょう)では首相(しゅしょう)だが、実際(じっさい)はそうではない。

Romanji

Kare wa meimokujō de wa shushō da ga, jissai wa sō de wa nai.

Words

(かれ)
he; him; his; boyfriend
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
名目上 (めいもくじょう)
in name; on paper
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
首相 (しゅしょう)
Prime Minister; Chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); Premier
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
実際 (じっさい)
practicality; practical; reality; actuality; actual conditions; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
そう (そう)
so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の
Meanings: he, that, the
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 な、 -な
Meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings: モク、 ボク、 め、 -め、 ま-
Meanings: eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor
Readings: ジョウ、 ショウ、 シャン、 うえ、 -うえ、 うわ-、 かみ、 あ.げる、 -あ.げる、 あ.がる、 -あ.がる、 あ.がり、 -あ.がり、 のぼ.る、 のぼ.り、 のぼ.せる、 のぼ.す、 よ.す
Meanings: above, up
Readings: シュ、 くび
Meanings: neck, counter for songs and poems
Readings: ソウ、 ショウ、 あい-
Meanings: inter-, mutual, together, each other, minister of state, councillor, aspect, phase, physiognomy
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: サイ、 きわ、 -ぎわ
Meanings: occasion, side, edge, verge, dangerous, adventurous, indecent, time, when