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私なんぞには野牛と鹿と馬とを描き分けることなど到底出来ない。

Sentence Analyzer

なんぞ 野牛 鹿 描き 分ける こと など 到底 出来ない

English Translation

Me? I can't even begin to draw buffalo, deer and horses so you can tell them apart.

Furigana

(わたし)なんぞには野牛(やぎゅう)鹿(しか)(うま)とを(えが)()けることなど到底(とうてい)出来(でき)ない。

Romanji

Watashi nanzo ni wa yagyū to shika to uma to o egaki wakeru koto nado tōtei dekinai.

Words

(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
なんぞ (なんぞ、なぞ、なんど)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
野牛 (やぎゅう)
buffalo
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
鹿 (しか、かせぎ、か、ろく、シカ)
deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon)
(うま、いま、おま、ウマ)
horse; promoted bishop
()
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.
描く (えがく、かく)
to draw; to paint; to sketch; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine; to form a certain shape (e.g. path of an action, appearance of an object, etc.)
分ける (わける)
to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); to break up (a fight); to mediate; to call a draw; to tie; to push one's way through (a crowd); to sell
(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
(など)
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth; or something; the likes of
到底 (とうてい)
(cannot) possibly; no matter how
出来る (できる)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: ヤ、 ショ、 の、 の-
Meanings: plains, field, rustic, civilian life
Readings: ギュウ、 うし
Meaning: cow
鹿
Readings: ロク、 しか、 か
Meaning: deer
Readings: バ、 うま、 うま-、 ま
Meaning: horse
Readings: ビョウ、 えが.く、 か.く
Meanings: sketch, compose, write, draw, paint
Readings: ブン、 フン、 ブ、 わ.ける、 わ.け、 わ.かれる、 わ.かる、 わ.かつ
Meanings: part, minute of time, segment, share, degree, one's lot, duty, understand, know, rate, 1%, chances, shaku/100
Readings: トウ、 いた.る
Meanings: arrival, proceed, reach, attain, result in
Readings: テイ、 そこ
Meanings: bottom, sole, depth, bottom price, base, kind, sort
Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: ライ、 タイ、 く.る、 きた.る、 きた.す、 き.たす、 き.たる、 き、 こ
Meanings: come, due, next, cause, become