必要の前に法律はない。
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English Translation
Necessity knows no law.
Furigana
Romanji
Hitsuyō no mae ni hōritsu wa nai.
Words
必要
(ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
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
前
(まえ)
ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts
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
法律
(ほうりつ)
law
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない
(ない)
not; emphatic suffix
Kanji
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: ゼン、 まえ、 -まえ
Meanings: in front, before
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Readings: リツ、 リチ、 レツ
Meanings: rhythm, law, regulation, gauge, control