こう見えても意外に人前で話すの苦手で、手なんか震えるし、口ごもちゃって、自分でも何言っているかわからない時がある。

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English Translation

I may seem confident, but I get extremely nervous speaking in front of people. My hands tremble, I get all tongue-tied, and sometimes I don't even know what I'm saying myself.

Furigana

こう見(み)えても意外(いがい)に人前(ひとまえ)で話(はな)すの苦手(にがて)で、手(て)なんか震(ふる)えるし、口(くち)ごもちゃって、自分(じぶん)でも何(なに)言(い)っているかわからない時(とき)がある。

Romanji

Kō miete mo igai ni hitomae de hanasu no nigate de, te nanka furueru shi, kuchigomochatte, jibun de mo nani itteiru ka wakaranai toki ga aru.

Words

斯う (こう)

in this way (used for something or someone close to the speaker, including the speaker himself, or for the opinions of the speaker); thus; such; uh... (interjection used as a verbal pause)

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

意外 (いがい)

unexpected; surprising

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

人前 (ひとまえ)

the public; company

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

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

苦手 (にがて)

poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); dislike (of); difficult to deal with

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

なんか (なんか)

things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)

震える (ふるえる)

to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver

し (し)

(at the end of a phrase) notes one (of several) reasons

口ごもる (くちごもる)

to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

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

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

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