質問: I have difficulty translating the phrase アンニュイに言われても: it seems to me that breaking them into pieces that I can use dictionary feels off. Google translate often does better when it is given a full sentence, and I think it is almost correct, but I would like to see if there is better way to do this. The conversation started off like this: ``` A: B, アイス食べたくない? B: ...そんなアンニュイに言われても... A: え?食べたくない? B: だから!! A: 私は食べたいよ? B: 食べればいいじゃない! A: でも冷凍庫にアイスないもん B: じゃあ、我慢しよーよ... ``` The closest I could find is "even if you say so", which I used Google translate plus personal interpretation. But if I break it into pieces, the first phrase means "ennui" which is closer to boredom (which matches the context, when A said she suggested she wants ice cream out of a sudden), but it does not fit the sentence literally. The source is from a manga I read, for reference it's chapter 59 of 兄の嫁と暮らしています。 **EDIT:** I seemed to have missed に in the middle of the phrase, which is now corrected.
回答: The original text is アンニュイ**に**言われても. It's "say it in an アンニュイ way" rather than "say アンニュイ". !image clip アンニュイに (from French *ennui*) in this context means "lacking energy", "without passion", "listlessly", "as if you were uninterested/bored", "drowsily", etc. At least in Japanese, アンニュイ sometimes has a positive connotation. アンニュイな魅力を持つ人 or アンニュイな雰囲気の人 can refer to an attractive person because of their coolness or expressionlessness. See this article for example.