彼、能書きばかり立派だけど、言うは易く行うは難し、ってこと分かってんのかなあ。

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English Translation

His boosterism makes it sound wonderful but I wonder if he understands how hard it's going to be to actually carry out.

Furigana

彼(かれ)、能書(のうが)きばかり立派(りっぱ)だけど、言(い)うは易(やす)く行(おこな)うは難(かた)し、ってこと分(わ)かってんのかなあ。

Romanji

Kare, nōgaki bakari rippa da kedo, iu wa yasuku okonau wa katashi, tte koto wakatten no ka nā.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

能書き (のうがき)

advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug

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

立派 (りっぱ)

splendid; fine; handsome; elegant; imposing; prominent; praiseworthy; creditable; worthy; legal; legitimate; lawful; undeniable (e.g. crime); indisputable; solid

だ (だ)

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

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

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

は (は)

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

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

難い (かたい)

difficult; hard

って (って、て)

casual quoting particle; indicates supposition; if ... then; indicates a rhetorical question; indicates certainty, insistence, etc.

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

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

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

なあ (なあ)

hey; say; look; used to get someone's attention or press one's point