私は、議論が終わるのを辛抱強く待つことに決め込んだ。

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English Translation

I decided to bide my time and wait for the argument to finish.

Furigana

私(わたし)は、議論(ぎろん)が終(お)わるのを辛抱強(しんぼうづよ)く待(ま)つことに決(き)め込(こ)んだ。

Romanji

Watashi wa, giron ga owaru no o shinbōzuyoku matsu koto ni kimekonda.

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

議論 (ぎろん)

argument; discussion; dispute; controversy

が (が)

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

終わる (おわる)

to finish; to end; to close

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

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.

辛抱強い (しんぼうづよい)

patient; persevering

待つ (まつ)

to wait; to await; to look forward to; to anticipate; to depend on; to need

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

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

決め込む (きめこむ)

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to act as if one were ...; to fancy oneself as being; to do intentionally; to persist in doing