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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メアリー 結婚したい 思う だけ いっている くせ ぷろぽーずしたら のう いった なん こと さっぱり わからない

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(けっこん)したいと(おも)うのは(わたし)だけだといっているくせに、(わたし)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

()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
結婚 (けっこん)
marriage
()
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
()
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
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
()
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
()
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
()
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
(のう)
talent; gift; function; noh (theatre)
(なに、なん)
what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!
(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
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ケツ、 ケチ、 むす.ぶ、 ゆ.う、 ゆ.わえる
Meanings: tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten
Reading: コン
Meaning: marriage
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me