もし論文の量が不足したら、引用文で水増ししておけばいい。

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English Translation

If your essay is on the short side, you can always pad it out with a few quotations.

Furigana

もし論文(ろんぶん)の量(りょう)が不足(ふそく)したら、引用(いんよう)文(ぶん)で水増(みずま)ししておけばいい。

Romanji

Moshi ronbun no ryō ga fusokushitara, in'yō bun de mizumashishiteokeba ii.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

論文 (ろんぶん)

thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article

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

量 (りょう)

quantity; amount; volume; portion (of food)

が (が)

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

不足 (ふそく)

insufficiency; shortage; deficiency; lack; dearth

引用 (いんよう)

quotation; citation; reference

文 (ぶん)

sentence; composition; text; writings; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; literature

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

水増し (みずまし)

dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding

いい (いい)

good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable; sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer); ready; prepared; profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial; OK