もう少し知恵があったら、彼は面倒な目にあわずにすんだのに。

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English Translation

With a little more wisdom, he would not have got in trouble.

Furigana

もう少(すこ)し知恵(ちえ)があったら、彼(かれ)は面倒(めんどう)な目(め)にあわずにすんだのに。

Romanji

Mōsukoshi chie ga attara, kare wa mendōna me ni awazu ni sunda noni.

Words

もう少し (もうすこし)

a bit more; a bit longer

知恵 (ちえ)

wisdom; wit; sagacity; sense; intelligence; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

面倒 (めんどう)

trouble; difficulty; care; attention

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

会う (あう)

to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

済む (すむ)

to finish; to end; to be completed; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to