あなたの叔母さんのくれた有難迷惑なあのプレゼントだけど、どうしたものかしらね。みっともなくてとても壁にはかけられないし。

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English Translation

What should we do with this white elephant your aunt gave us? It's way too ugly to go on the wall.

Furigana

あなたの叔母(おば)さんのくれた有難迷惑(ありがためいわく)なあのプレゼントだけど、どうしたものかしらね。みっともなくてとても壁(かべ)にはかけられないし。

Romanji

Anata no obasan no kureta arigatameiwakuna ano purezento da kedo, dō shita mono kashira ne. mittomonakute totemo kabe ni wa kakerarenai shi.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

伯母さん (おばさん)

aunt

呉れる (くれる)

to give; to let one have; to do for one; to be given

有り難迷惑 (ありがためいわく)

unwelcome favor; unwelcome favour; mixed blessing; white elephant

あのう (あのう、あの、あのー)

say; well; errr ...

プレゼント (プレゼント)

present; gift; to give a present or gift

だ (だ)

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

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

者 (もの、もん)

person

かしら (かしら)

I wonder

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not

見っともない (みっともない)

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

壁 (かべ、へき)

wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

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

は (は)

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

架ける (かける)

to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)

し (し)

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