家主は、この３日間暖房がきかなかった理由をあれこれ並べ立てたが、どうせ見え透いたウソだった。

Sentence Analyzer

家主は、この３日間暖房がきかなかった理由をあれこれ並べ立てたが、どうせ見え透いたうそだった。

English Translation

The landlord told me a cock and bull story about why we didn't have heat for three days.

Furigana

家主(やぬし)は、この３日間(にちかん)暖房(だんぼう)がきかなかった理由(りゆう)をあれこれ並(ならた)べ立()てたが、どうせ見(み)え透(す)いたウソだった。

Romanji

Yanushi wa, kono san nichikan danbō ga kikanakatta riyū o arekore narabetateta ga, dōse miesuita uso datta.

Words

家主 (やぬし、いえぬし、いえあるじ)

landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

三 (さん、み)

three; tri-

日間 (ひあい)

time; days; daily interest rate

暖房 (だんぼう)

heating

が (が)

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

疑懼 (ぎく)

apprehension; uneasiness

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

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.

彼此 (あれこれ、かれこれ)

one thing or another; this and that; this or that; just on; around; about; nearly; roughly; almost; round about

並べ立てる (ならべたてる)

to enumerate

どうせ (どうせ)

anyhow; in any case; at any rate; after all; at all; no matter what; at best; at most

見え透く (みえすく)

to be transparent; to be easily seen through; to be obvious; to be apparent

鷽 (うそ、ウソ)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch

だ (だ)

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