あなたには禍の前兆である壁上の書きものが読めるかもしれないが、私にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。

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English Translation

You may be able to read the handwriting on the wall, but it is Greek to me.

Furigana

あなたには禍(わざわい)の前兆(ぜんちょう)である壁上(かべじょう)の書(か)きものが読(よ)めるかもしれないが、私(わたし)にはちんぷんかんぷんだ。

Romanji

Anata ni wa wazawai no zenchō de aru kabejō no kaki mono ga yomeru kamo shirenai ga, watashi ni wa chinpunkanpun da.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

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

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

禍 (まが)

wickedness; evil; calamity; disaster

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

前兆 (ぜんちょう)

omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

書く (かく)

to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

珍紛漢紛 (ちんぷんかんぷん、チンプンカンプン)

unintelligible language; incoherent language; talking nonsense; "all Greek to me"; double Dutch; (something) incomprehensible; babble; gibberish; jargon; gobbledygook