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「まあその、自慢できる事でもないんだけど」というか、臆面もなく吹聴できる話でもない。

Sentence Analyzer

まあ その 自慢 できる ない けど いう 臆面 なく 吹聴 できる ない

English Translation

"Well, that is, it's not something I can boast of," in fact it's not something I can talk unashamedly about in public.

Furigana

「まあその、自慢(じまん)できる(こと)でもないんだけど」というか、臆面(おくめん)もなく吹聴(ふいちょう)できる(はなし)でもない。

Romanji

" mā sono, jiman dekiru koto de mo nai n da kedo" to iu ka, okumen mo naku fuichō dekiru hanashi de mo nai.

Words

まあ (まあ、ま)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; now, now; tolerably; passably; moderately; reasonably; fairly; rather; somewhat; well...; I think...; it would seem...; you might say...; Hmmm, I guess so...; oh!; oh dear!; oh, my!; wow!; goodness gracious!; good heavens!
其の (その)
that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...
自慢 (じまん)
pride; boast
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
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
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
結う (ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix
()
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
臆面 (おくめん)
shy face
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
吹聴 (ふいちょう)
making public; announcing; spreading a rumor; spreading a rumour
(はなし)
talk; speech; chat; story; conversation; discussions; negotiation; argument
(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.

Kanji

Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Reading: マン
Meanings: ridicule, laziness
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: オク、 ヨク、 むね、 おくする
Meanings: timidity, heart, mind, fear, cowardly
Readings: メン、 ベン、 おも、 おもて、 つら
Meanings: mask, face, features, surface
Readings: スイ、 ふ.く
Meanings: blow, breathe, puff, emit, smoke
Readings: チョウ、 テイ、 き.く、 ゆる.す
Meanings: listen, headstrong, naughty, careful inquiry
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk