もし約束が守れない場合には、どう弁解しますか。

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English Translation

If you can't keep your promise, what excuse will you make?

Furigana

もし約束(やくそく)が守(まも)れない場合(ばあい)には、どう弁解(べんかい)しますか。

Romanji

Moshi yakusoku ga mamorenai baai ni wa, dō benkaishimasu ka.

Words

若し (もし)

if; in case; supposing

約束 (やくそく)

promise; agreement; arrangement; one's word; contract; pact; appointment; engagement; date; convention; rule; destiny; fate

が (が)

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

場合 (ばあい)

case; situation

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

は (は)

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

如何 (どう、いかが、いか)

how; in what way; how about

弁解 (べんかい)

justification; rationalization; pretext; explanation; exculpation; defence; defense; excuse; apology

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way