どうしてジェイムズがいつも奥さんにけちをつけるのか、僕には理解できない。

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どうして ジェイムズ が いつも 奥さん に けち を つける の か 、 僕 に は 理解 できない 。

English Translation

I can't understand why James always finds fault with his wife.

Furigana

どうしてジェイムズがいつも奥(おく)さんにけちをつけるのか、僕(ぼく)には理解(りかい)できない。

Romanji

Dōshite jyeimuzu ga itsumo okusan ni kechi o tsukeru no ka, boku ni wa rikai dekinai.

Words

如何して (どうして)

why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for

が (が)

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

奥さん (おくさん)

wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam

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

けち (けち)

stinginess; miserliness; penny-pinching; cheesparing; miser; pinchpenny; skinflint; cheapskate; tightwad; niggard; shabby; cheap; mangy; poor; petty; narrow-minded; quibbling; mean-spirited; bad luck; ill omen; glitch

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

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

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

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

奥

Readings: オウ、 おく、 おく.まる、 くま

Meanings: heart, interior

僕

Readings: ボク、 しもべ

Meanings: me, I (male)

理

Readings: リ、 ことわり

Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth

解

Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る

Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute