彼女はうそを言ったかもしれないが、悪意はなかったのです。

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English Translation

She may have told a lie, but she didn't mean any harm.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)はうそを言(い)ったかもしれないが、悪意(あくい)はなかったのです。

Romanji

Kanojo wa uso o itta kamo shirenai ga, akui wa nakatta no desu.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

鷽 (うそ、ウソ)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch

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.

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

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

が (が)

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

悪意 (あくい)

ill will; spite; evil intention; malice; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; criminal intent to deceive; malice

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

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

です (です)

be; is