最初は彼がよそよそしいように見えた。

最初は彼がよそよそしいように見えた。

He looked unfriendly at first.

最初(さいしょ)は彼(かれ)がよそよそしいように見(み)えた。

Saisho wa kare ga yosoyososhii yōni mieta.

最初 (さいしょ)

beginning; outset; first; onset

は (は)

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

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

余所余所しい (よそよそしい)

distant; cold; formal

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

Readings: サイ、シュ、もっと.も、つま

Meanings: utmost, most, extreme

Readings: ショ、はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め

Meanings: first time, beginning

Readings: ヒ、かれ、かの、か.の

Meanings: he, that, the

Readings: ケン、み.る、み.える、み.せる

Meanings: see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible