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ここだな。あなた。あ。何してるの?
Right here... — Honey?! Ah! What are you doing?
✎ してるの? = casual 'what are you doing?' · の adds a questioning/explanatory tone
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あ、いや、これは…
Ah, no, this is...
✎ いや = casual 'no; well' when flustered
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え、大好きって何これ?
Huh? 'I love you'? What is this?
✎ って = casual quotation ('this thing that says...') · 何これ = inverted これは何
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これはその…
Well, this is, um...
✎ その… = hesitation filler ('um, well...')
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私が作った弁当に自分でこれやってたの?
You are doing this yourself to the bentos I made?
✎ 作った弁当 = relative clause 'the bento (I) made' · やってたの? = やっていたの?, 'were you doing?'
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あ、いや、違くて。え。あっ。
Ah, no, it's not like that. Eh? Ah!
✎ 違くて = colloquial て-form of 違う (standard: 違って)
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遅刻しちゃう。大好き。2人ともラブラブじゃん。
I'm going to be late! 'I love you'? You two are so lovey-dovey!
✎ 〜しちゃう = 〜してしまう 'end up ~' · じゃん = casual 'aren't you?'
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違うのよ。これお父さんが勝手に。
No, it's not! Your dad did this on his own.
✎ のよ = feminine explanatory ending · 勝手に = on one's own, without asking
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え、ちょっと待って。その袋何?
Huh? Wait a second—what's that pouch?
✎ ちょっと待って = 'hold on a sec' · 何? tacked on at the end = casual question
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ああ、これは別に。何も。え、ちょっと。
Ah, this is nothing...Nothing. What? Hey—wait!
✎ 別に = 'nothing in particular' (evasive answer)
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あなた…忙しいから作り置きしてるんだ。なんでこんなことしたの?
You...I make these in advance because I'm busy... Why did you do something like this?
✎ 作り置き = making meals ahead of time · 〜んだ = explanatory · なんで〜したの? = 'why did you...?'
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最初は出来心だったんだ。
At first, it was just an impulse.
✎ 愛されてる = passive 'being loved' · 見られたくて = 'wanting to be seen as' · 持ってった = contracted 持っていった
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妻に愛されてるいい夫に見られたくて。だから自分で海苔で頑張れって書いて職場に持ってった。
I wanted to be seen as a good husband loved by his wife. So I wrote 'Do your best!' using nori myself and took it to work.
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そしたら「うわあ、岡部さんのとこラブラブですね」ってみんなが注目してくれて、その快感が忘れられなかった。
Then everyone noticed, saying 'Wow, Okabe-san, you and your wife are so lovey-dovey!'—and I couldn't forget that thrill.
✎ 〜てくれて = did (favorably) for me · 忘れられなかった = potential + negative past, 'couldn't forget'
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だから毎日こっそり母さんから弁当もらった後、自分でデコレーションして持ってった。
So every day, after secretly getting the bento from you, I decorated it myself and took it to work.
✎ た後 = after doing · こっそり = secretly, sneakily
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ごめん。こんな父さんでごめん。
I'm sorry. I'm sorry for being such a dad.
✎ デコレーションする = to decorate (loanword verb) · 持ってった = contracted 持っていった
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キモ。呆れた。
Gross! You're unbelievable!
✎ こんな〜で = 'for being such a ~' · ごめん = casual apology
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あ。しょうがないわね。
Oh... I guess it can't be helped.
✎ キモ = slang clip of キモい 'gross' · 呆れた = exasperated · しょうがないわね = 'oh well' (feminine わね)
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愛妻弁当ならこれぐらいやってもらわないと。
If it's a loving wife's homemade bento, you've got to do at least this much.
✎ なら = 'if it's (a matter of)' · 〜てもらわないと = 'I need you to do ~'
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たまにしかやりませんからね。
I'll only do this once in a while, you know.
✎ しか〜ない = only · 〜からね = 'just so you know'
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