私の第一印象は、彼は如才ない政治家であるということでした。

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English Translation

My first impression was that he was a tactful politician.

Furigana

私(わたし)の第(だい)一(いち)印象(いんしょう)は、彼(かれ)は如才(じょさい)ない政治家(せいじか)であるということでした。

Romanji

Watashi no dai ichi inshō wa, kare wa josai nai seijika de aru toiu koto deshita.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

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

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

印象 (いんしょう)

impression

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

如才 (じょさい)

affable; slick; smooth-tongued; smart; sharp; clever; skillful; adroit

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

政治家 (せいじか)

politician; statesman

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

デス (デス)

death