かくかくしかじかで、と事情を説明したのだが、あんまり興味なさそうな相槌しか返ってこなかった。

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English Translation

I explained the situation, as this, that and such and such, but they just nodded along without showing much interest.

Furigana

かくかくしかじかで、と事情(じじょう)を説明(せつめい)したのだが、あんまり興味(きょうみ)なさそうな相槌(あいづち)しか返(かえ)ってこなかった。

Romanji

Kakukaku shika ji ka de, to jijō o setsumeishita no da ga, anmari kyōmi nasasō na aizuchi shika kaettekonakatta.

Words

赫々 (かくかく、かっかく)

brilliant; bright; glorious

敷く (しく)

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

時 (じ)

hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...

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

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.

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

事情 (じじょう)

circumstances; consideration; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

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.

説明 (せつめい)

explanation; exposition

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

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

余り (あまり、あんまり)

remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over

興味 (きょうみ)

interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)

内奏 (ないそう)

secret report to the emperor

相槌 (あいづち、あいずち)

back-channeling; sounds given during a conversation to indicate comprehension

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

返る (かえる)

to return; to come back; to go back; to turn over; (after the -masu stem of a verb) (to become) extremely; (to become) completely