日本はいわば彼の第２の故郷です。

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日本 は いわば 彼 の 第 ２ の 故郷 です 。

English Translation

Japan is, as it were, his second home.

Furigana

日本(にっぽん)はいわば彼(かれ)の第(だい)２の故郷(こきょう)です。

Romanji

Nippon wa iwaba kare no dai ni no kokyō desu.

Words

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

言わば (いわば)

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

第 (だい)

ordinal

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

故郷 (ふるさと、こきょう、きゅうり)

home town; birthplace; native place; one's old home; ruins; historic remains

です (です)

be; is

Kanji

日

Readings: ニチ、 ジツ、 ひ、 -び、 -か

Meanings: day, sun, Japan, counter for days

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

彼

Readings: ヒ、 かれ、 かの、 か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

第

Readings: ダイ、 テイ

Meanings: No., residence

故

Readings: コ、 ゆえ、 ふる.い、 もと

Meanings: happenstance, especially, intentionally, reason, cause, circumstances, the late, therefore, consequently

郷

Readings: キョウ、 ゴウ、 さと

Meanings: home town, village, native place, district