外交の駆け引きでは、とても彼には及ばない。

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English Translation

I am no match for him in diplomatic shrewdness.

Furigana

外交(がいこう)の駆(か)け引(ひ)きでは、とても彼(かれ)には及(およ)ばない。

Romanji

Gaikō no kakehiki de wa, totemo kare ni wa oyobanai.

Words

外交 (がいこう)

diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing

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

駆け引き (かけひき)

bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

迚も (とても、とっても)

very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

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

及ぶ (およぶ)

to reach; to amount to; to befall; to happen to; to extend; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for); to commit (a crime); to require (to do) (usu. used in the negative)