母は蛇はいうまでもなく毛虫が嫌いだった。

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English Translation

My mother disliked caterpillars, not to mention snakes.

Furigana

母(はは)は蛇(へび)はいうまでもなく毛虫(けむし)が嫌(きら)いだった。

Romanji

Haha wa hebi wa iu made mo naku kemushi ga kirai datta.

Words

母 (はは、はわ、かか、おも、いろは、あも)

mother

は (は)

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

蛇 (へび、じゃ、くちなわ、へみ)

snake; serpent; large snake

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

毛虫 (けむし)

hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)

が (が)

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

嫌い (きらい)

dislike; hate; suspicion; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination

だ (だ)

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