私が肉を食べようとしないことは不都合が生じ、私は自分の風変わりのためにたびたび叱られた。

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English Translation

My refusing to eat meat occasioned an inconvenience, and I was frequently chided for my singularity.

Furigana

私(わたし)が肉(にく)を食(た)べようとしないことは不都合(ふつごう)が生(しょう)じ、私(わたし)は自分(じぶん)の風変(ふうが)わりのためにたびたび叱(しか)られた。

Romanji

Watashi ga niku o tabeyou to shinai koto wa futsugō ga shōji, watashi wa jibun no fūgawari no tameni tabitabi shikarareta.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

が (が)

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

肉 (にく、しし)

flesh; meat; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); thickness; ink pad

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.

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

は (は)

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

不都合 (ふつごう)

inconvenience; inexpedience; trouble; harm; impropriety; wrongdoing

生じる (しょうじる)

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

風変わり (ふうがわり)

strange; eccentric

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

度々 (たびたび)

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

叱る (しかる)

to scold