私はお湯も沸かせない、まして七面鳥など焼くことができない。

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English Translation

I cannot even boil water, much less roast a turkey.

Furigana

私(わたし)はお湯(ゆ)も沸(わ)かせない、まして七面鳥(しちめんちょう)など焼(や)くことができない。

Romanji

Watashi wa oyu mo wakasenai, mashite shichimenchō nado yaku koto ga dekinai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

は (は)

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

お湯 (おゆ)

hot water; hot bath

も (も)

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

沸く (わく)

to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to be in a state of excitement; to get excited; to take place energetically; to erupt (e.g. in applause, cheers)

況して (まして)

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

七面鳥 (しちめんちょう、シチメンチョウ)

turkey (Meleagris gallopavo)

等 (など)

et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of

焼く (やく)

to burn; to roast; to broil; to grill; to bake; to toast; to barbecue; to heat; to heat up; to make (charcoal, pottery, bricks, etc.); to bake; to fire; to burn; to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn; to print (a photo); to burn (an optical disc); to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy

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

が (が)

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

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