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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.
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manga phrases
Translating アンニュイに言われても
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](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1MPgH.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/1MPgH.png)

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](https://ranking-best.net/79) for
example.
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