今更そんなことを言った日にゃ、火に油を注ぐことになるだけだよ。

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English Translation

For you to come out and say that kind of thing now would just be pouring oil on the fire.

Furigana

今更(いまさら)そんなことを言(い)った日(ひ)にゃ、火(ひ)に油(あぶら)を注(そそ)ぐことになるだけだよ。

Romanji

Imasara sonna koto o itta hi nya, hi ni abura o sosogu koto ni naru dake da yo.

Words

今更 (いまさら)

now (after such a long time); at this late hour (i.e. it is too late for something); afresh; anew; again

そんな (そんな)

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

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

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.

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

日 (ひ)

day; days; sun; sunshine; sunlight; case (esp. unfortunate); event

にゃ (にゃ)

if not ... (negative conditional); for (in regard to); in order to

火 (ひ)

fire; flame; blaze

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

油 (あぶら)

oil

注ぐ (そそぐ)

to pour (into); to fill; to sprinkle on from above; to shed (e.g. tears); to concentrate one's spirit (strength, attention) on; to fall onto (of rain, snow)

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

だ (だ)

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

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!