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末弟は悪くないかもしれない、けれど私も悪くない。

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末弟 悪くない かも しれない けれど 悪くない

English Translation

It mightn't have been my youngest brother's fault, but it wasn't mine either.

Furigana

末弟(ばってい)(わる)くないかもしれない、けれど(わたし)(わる)くない。

Romanji

Battei wa warukunai kamo shirenai, keredo watashi mo warukunai.

Words

末弟 (ばってい、まってい)
youngest brother; last disciple
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
悪い (わるい)
bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry
かも (かも)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
知れる (しれる)
to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe
けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)
but; however; although
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
()
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

Kanji

Readings: マツ、 バツ、 すえ
Meanings: end, close, tip, powder, posterity
Readings: テイ、 ダイ、 デ、 おとうと
Meanings: younger brother, faithful service to elders
Readings: アク、 オ、 わる.い、 わる-、 あ.し、 にく.い、 -にく.い、 ああ、 いずくに、 いずくんぞ、 にく.む
Meanings: bad, vice, rascal, false, evil, wrong
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me