私はもっと敵の抵抗があると踏んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢に進むほど敵が減ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思わないかしら？

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English Translation

I had expected stronger resistance from the enemy but if anything there are less of them as we advance to the centre... Don't you think that's strange?

Furigana

私(わたし)はもっと敵(てき)の抵抗(ていこう)があると踏(ふ)んでたんだけど、むしろ中枢(ちゅうすう)に進(すす)むほど敵(てき)が減(へ)ってきてる・・・。おかしいと思(おも)わないかしら？

Romanji

Watashi wa motto teki no teikō ga aru to funde tan da kedo, mushiro chūsū ni susumu hodo teki ga hettekiteru. okashii to omowanai kashira?

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

は (は)

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

もっと (もっと)

(some) more; even more; longer; further

敵 (てき)

opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat; enemy

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

抵抗 (ていこう)

resistance; opposition; standing up to; reluctance; repulsion; repugnance; resistance; drag; friction; electrical resistance; resistor

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

踏む (ふむ)

to step on; to tread on; to experience; to undergo; to estimate; to value; to appraise; to rhyme; to inherit (the throne, etc.); to follow (rules, morals, principles, etc.)

痰 (たん)

phlegm; sputum

だ (だ)

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

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

寧ろ (むしろ)

rather; better; instead

中枢 (ちゅうすう)

centre; center; pivot; mainstay; nucleus; backbone; central figure; pillar; key man

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

進む (すすむ)

to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen; to heighten; to be fast (of a clock); to be ahead; to do of one's own free will

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

減る (へる)

to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate

・ (なかぽち)

middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)

可笑しい (おかしい)

funny; amusing; comical; laughable; ridiculous; strange; odd; funny; peculiar; weird; unusual; eccentric; improper; unsuitable; unbecoming; suspicious

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

かしら (かしら)

I wonder