そういう相手の前では、私の見せ掛けだけの怜悧な技術は、見抜かれた時に負けていたと思う。

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English Translation

I think that against somebody like that, my seemingly clever techniques would be seen through and then I would be defeated.

Furigana

そういう相手(あいて)の前(まえ)では、私(わたし)の見(み)せ掛(か)けだけの怜悧(れいり)な技術(ぎじゅつ)は、見抜(みぬ)かれた時(とき)に負(ま)けていたと思(おも)う。

Romanji

Sōiu aite no mae de wa, watashi no misekake dake no reirina gijutsu wa, minukareta tokini maketeita to omou.

Words

そう言う (そういう、そうゆう)

such; like that; that sort of; very

相手 (あいて)

companion; partner; company; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)

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

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

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.

は (は)

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

私 (わたし、わたくし)

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

見せ掛け (みせかけ)

seeming; pose; show; pretense

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

伶俐 (れいり)

cleverness; sagacity

技術 (ぎじゅつ)

art; craft; technique; technology; engineering; skill

見抜く (みぬく)

to see through

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

負ける (まける)

to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to surrender; to yield; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.); to reduce the price; to lower the price; to give a discount on

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