うっとうしい梅雨期に、すっきりしない話で恐縮ですが、少しの間お付き合いください。

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English Translation

I'm ashamed to tell such a muddled story in this dreary, rainy season, but please bear with me for a while.

Furigana

うっとうしい梅雨期(つゆき)に、すっきりしない話(はなし)で恐縮(きょうしゅく)ですが、少(すこ)しの間(ま)お付(つ)き合(あ)いください。

Romanji

Uttōshii tsuyuki ni, sukkiri shinai hanashi de kyōshuku desu ga, sukoshi no ma o tsukiai kudasai.

Words

鬱陶しい (うっとうしい、うっとおしい)

gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy

梅雨期 (ばいうき)

rainy season

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

すっきり (すっきり、スッキリ)

feeling refreshed; feeling fine; feeling clear-headed; shapely; neatly; refinedly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly; plainly; distinctly; completely; thoroughly; not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly

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

話 (はなし)

talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument

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.

恐縮 (きょうしゅく)

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; being sorry; being ashamed; shrinking back in fear

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

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

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

付き合う (つきあう)

to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go steady with; to get on with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone; to compromise

下さる (くださる)

to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour; to favor