Surroundings filled with rich girls with 〜だらけ

Grammar Explanation: Covered in with 〜だらけ

During a library study session with her friends, Syaro wonders what it would be like if she attended Cocoa and Chiya’s school. She does attend the same school as Rize, but they are in different grades.

千夜(ちや):: 「んー…正直(しょうじき)窮屈(きゅうくつ)よね」; “Hmm... Honestly, it feels stifling.”; 「私(わたし)だったら周(まわ)りがお嬢様(じょうさま)だらけで気(き)を遣(つか)って疲(つか)れちゃう」; “If it were me, I'd get tired of surroundings filled with rich girls and having to act proper.”; Literal: “If it were me, with my surroundings covered in rich girls, I would get tired from being considerate.”

Key Points

1お嬢様(じょうさま)だらけ means filled with rich girls

だらけ attaches to the noun before it and says the surroundings are covered or full of that thing.

2気(き)を遣(つか)う means to be considerate or careful around others

Here it means constantly minding manners and acting properly around those classmates.

3疲(つか)れちゃう adds an unwanted-result nuance

ちゃう is the casual contraction of てしまう.
In this line, Chiya would “end up getting tired”, with the nuance that this is an undesirable result.

4よね asks the listener to share the judgment

よ adds Chiya’s assessment that the school feels stifling, while ね seeks agreement from the listener.

Vocabulary

私 (I): 私(わたし) means “I” or “me”. It is the standard first-person pronoun in polite speech and is also common in casual speech among women.
お嬢様 (Young lady): お嬢様(おじょうさま) is a respectful term for someone’s daughter, especially one from a wealthy family. It can also suggest a sheltered young woman.

Surroundings filled with rich girls with 〜だらけ

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Key Points

Vocabulary

私 (I)

お嬢様 (Young lady)

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