運動が健康の鍵であるのを私たちはとかく忘れがちだ。

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English Translation

We tend to forget that exercise is a key to good health.

Furigana

運動(うんどう)が健康(けんこう)の鍵(かぎ)であるのを私(わたし)たちはとかく忘(わす)れがちだ。

Romanji

Undō ga kenkō no kagi de aru no o watashitachi wa tokaku wasuregachi da.

Words

運動 (うんどう)

exercise; physical training; work-out; appeal; campaign; drive; crusade; movement; lobbying; motion; movement

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

鍵 (かぎ、カギ)

key; lock

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

を (を)

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.

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

兎角 (とかく)

(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; tending to become; somehow or other; anyhow; anyway; rabbit horns (used as a metaphor for things that do not exist)