彼の言う事を真に受けるなんて僕は馬鹿だった。

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English Translation

I should have known better than to believe him.

Furigana

彼(かれ)の言(い)う事(こと)を真(しん)に受(う)けるなんて僕(ぼく)は馬鹿(ばか)だった。

Romanji

Kare no iu koto o shinni ukeru nante boku wa baka datta.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

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

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

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.

誠に (まことに、しんに)

indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very; quite

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

馬鹿 (ばか、バカ)

fool; idiot; trivial matter; folly; absurdity; foolish; stupid; dull; absurd; ridiculous; Mactra chinensis (species of trough shell)

だ (だ)

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