清廉潔白できこえた彼が、汚職なんかに手を染めるわけない。

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English Translation

He has a reputation as being straight as an arrow. He'd never get involved in corruption.

Furigana

清廉(せいれん)潔白(けっぱく)できこえた彼(かれ)が、汚職(おしょく)なんかに手(て)を染(そ)めるわけない。

Romanji

Seiren keppaku de kikoeta kare ga, oshoku nanka ni te o someru wake nai.

Words

清廉 (せいれん)

honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness

潔白 (けっぱく)

innocence (i.e. not guilty); purity; uprightness

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.

聞こえる (きこえる)

to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

が (が)

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

汚職 (おしょく)

corruption

なんか (なんか)

things like ...; or something like that ... (often derogatory)

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

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

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.

染める (そめる)

to dye; to colour; to color

訳 (わけ)

conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix