私は幽霊の存在を本当に信じている。

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私 は 幽霊 の 存在 を 本当に 信じている 。

English Translation

I do believe in ghosts.

Furigana

私(わたし)は幽霊(ゆうれい)の存在(そんざい)を本当(ほんとう)に信(しん)じている。

Romanji

Watashi wa yūrei no sonzai o hontōni shinjiteiru.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

幽霊 (ゆうれい)

ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)

really; truly

信じる (しんじる)

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

Kanji

私

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし

Meanings: private, I, me

幽

Readings: ユウ、 ふか.い、 かす.か、 くら.い、 しろ.い

Meanings: seclude, confine to a room, deep, profound, secluded, faint, dark, tranquil, calm

霊

Readings: レイ、 リョウ、 たま

Meanings: spirits, soul

存

Readings: ソン、 ゾン、 ながら.える、 あ.る、 たも.つ、 と.う

Meanings: exist, suppose, be aware of, believe, feel

在

Readings: ザイ、 あ.る

Meanings: exist, outskirts, suburbs, located in

本

Readings: ホン、 もと

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

当

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし

Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself

信

Reading: シン

Meanings: faith, truth, fidelity, trust