メアリーは結婚したいと思うのは私だけだといっているくせに、私がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
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English Translation
Despite the fact that Mary keeps saying I was the only man she'd like to marry, when I proposed to her, she said "NO". I cannot make head or tail of it.
Furigana
メアリーは結婚 したいと思 うのは私 だけだといっているくせに、私 がプロポーズしたら「ノウ」といった。なんのことだか、さっぱりわからない。
Romanji
Meari- wa kekkonshitai to omou no wa watashi dake da to itteiru kuse ni, watashi ga puropo-zushitara" Nou" to itta. nan no koto da ka, sappari wakaranai.
Words
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
結婚
(けっこん)
marriage
と
(と)
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
思う
(おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember
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
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
丈
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
結う
(ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix
救世
(きゅうせい、ぐぜ、くせ)
salvation
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
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
プロポーズ
(プロポーズ)
(marriage) proposal
能
(のう)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
何
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
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
か
(か)
indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way
さっぱり
(さっぱり)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; trimmed; plain; simple; completely; entirely; not in the least (in sentence with negative verb); not at all; completely ignorant; not doing at all
分かる
(わかる)
to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out