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本物のノイローゼの奴がノイローゼだなんて自称するのかね?

Sentence Analyzer

本物 ノイローゼ ノイローゼ なんて 自称する

English Translation

Do you think real neurotics really go and call themselves such?

Furigana

本物(ほんもの)のノイローゼの(やつ)がノイローゼだなんて自称(じしょう)するのかね?

Romanji

Honmono no noiro-ze no yatsu ga noiro-ze da nante jishōsuru no ka ne?

Words

本物 (ほんもの)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
()
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
ノイローゼ (ノイローゼ)
neurosis; nervous breakdown; mental problem; identity crisis; obsession
(やつ、しゃつ)
fellow; guy; chap; thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
なんて (なんて)
such as; (things) like; exclamation
自称 (じしょう)
self-alleged; self-proclaimed; calling oneself; self-styled; would-be; first person
()
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
(ね、ねえ)
indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: ド、 やつ、 やっこ
Meanings: guy, slave, manservant, fellow
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: ショウ、 たた.える、 とな.える、 あ.げる、 かな.う、 はか.り、 はか.る、 ほめ.る
Meanings: appellation, praise, admire, name, title, fame