最近のぼくは、「生き恥」「赤恥」をかくことを恐れなくなりました。

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English Translation

Recently I've stopped being afraid of "living in shame" and being exposed to "public ridicule".

Furigana

最近(さいきん)のぼくは、「生(い)き恥(はじ)」「赤恥(あかはじ)」をかくことを恐(おそ)れなくなりました。

Romanji

Saikin no boku wa," ikihaji"" akahaji" o kaku koto o osorenaku narimashita.

Words

最近 (さいきん)

most recent; these days; right now; recently; nowadays

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

僕 (ぼく)

I; me; you; manservant

は (は)

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

生き恥 (いきはじ)

living in disgrace

赤恥 (あかはじ、あかっぱじ)

shame; disgrace

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.

掻く (かく)

to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

恐れる (おそれる)

to fear; to be afraid of

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...