本気で似合うと思っていたらしいシャツは辞退し、淡いブルーのポロシャツをいただくことにした。

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本気で似合うと思っていたらしいしゃつは辞退し、淡いブルーのポロシャツをいただくことにした。

English Translation

The shirt she apparently seriously thought suited me I turned down and decided to accept a light blue polo shirt.

Furigana

本気(ほんき)で似合(にあ)うと思(おも)っていたらしいシャツは辞退(じたい)し、淡(あわ)いブルーのポロシャツをいただくことにした。

Romanji

Honki de niau to omotteita rashii shatsu wa jitaishi, awai buru- no poroshatsu o itadaku koto ni shita.

Words

本気 (ほんき)

seriousness; truth; sanctity

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.

似合う (にあう)

to suit; to match; to become; to be like

と (と)

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

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

らしい (らしい)

seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay); appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ...

シャツ (シャツ)

shirt (underwear); undershirt; singlet; shirt (outerwear, esp. dress shirt)

は (は)

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

辞退 (じたい)

declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. candidacy); pulling out (e.g. race); excusing oneself

淡い (あわい)

light; faint; pale; fleeting

ブルー (ブルー)

blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)

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

ポロシャツ (ポロシャツ、ポロ・シャツ)

polo shirt

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.

頂く (いただく)

to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to buy; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head); to have (on top); to have (as one's leader); to live under (a ruler); to install (a president)

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

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to