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John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.
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Vocabulary list

jon
noun
  1. jeon; Korean dish of meat, vegetables, etc. coated in flour and egg and fried
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
hahaoya
noun, no adjective
  1. mother
ha
particle
  1. topic marker particle (pronounced わ in modern Japanese)
  2. indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated)
  3. adds emphasis
totemo
adverb
  1. very; awfully; exceedingly (とっても is more emphatic)
  2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot) (before a negative form)
wakakumieru
expression, ichidan verb
  1. to look young; to seem young
wakai

Adverbial Form

wakaku
i adjective
  1. young; youthful
  2. immature; green
  3. low (number); small
mieru
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
  1. to be seen; to be in sight
  2. to look; to seem; to appear
  3. to come
node
particle
  1. that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
yoku
adverb
  1. nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully
  2. frequently; often
  3. I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
  4. (you have) quite the nerve to; I don't know how you can ...
kare
pronoun
  1. he; him
noun
  1. boyfriend
no
particle
  1. indicates possessive (occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
  2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
  3. substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases
  4. (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion (often ん)
  5. (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis
  6. (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
ane
noun
  1. older sister; elder sister
to
particle, conjunction
  1. if; when
  2. and
particle
  1. with
  2. used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.)
noun
  1. promoted pawn
particle
  1. indicates a question (at sentence end)
machigaeru

Potential Plain Present Indicative Form

machigaerareru

Passive Plain Present Indicative Form

machigaerareru
ichidan verb, transitive verb
  1. to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)
  2. to confuse; to mistake something for something else

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