彼は、何一つ役に立つ事はせずに、相変わらず不平ばかりたれているので、ついに私は態度をはっきりしろと言わざるをえなかった。

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English Translation

He kept complaining so much, without doing anything to help, that I finally had to tell him to fish or cut bait.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は、何一(なにひと)つ役(やく)に立(た)つ事(こと)はせずに、相変(あいか)わらず不平(ふへい)ばかりたれているので、ついに私(わたし)は態度(たいど)をはっきりしろと言(い)わざるをえなかった。

Romanji

Kare wa, nanihitotsu yakunitatsu koto wa sezu ni, aikawarazu fuhei bakari tareteiru node, tsuini watashi wa taido o hakkiri shiro to iwazaru o enakatta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

何一つ (なにひとつ)

(not) one (usu. in neg. phrases)

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

事 (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

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

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

相変わらず (あいかわらず)

as ever; as usual; the same; still

不平 (ふへい)

complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

垂れる (たれる)

to hang; to droop; to dangle; to sag; to lower; to pull down; to leave behind (at death); to give; to confer; to drip; to ooze; to trickle; to drop

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

遂に (ついに)

finally; at last; in the end

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

態度 (たいど)

attitude; manner; behaviour

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.

はっきり (はっきり)

clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain; to be exact; to become clear; to clear up

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

選る (よる、える、すぐる)

to choose; to select