たとえ私は頭が鈍くとも少なくとも勤勉だ。
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English Translation
If I am dull, I am at least industrious.
Furigana
たとえ私 は頭 が鈍 くとも少 なくとも勤勉 だ。
Romanji
Tatoe watashi wa atama ga nibuku tomo sukunakutomo kinben da.
Words
仮令
(たとえ、たとい)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
頭
(あたま、かしら)
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; intellect; leader; chief; boss; captain; top; tip; beginning; start; head; person; top structural component of a kanji
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
遅い
(おそい)
slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid
とも
(とも)
certainly; of course; to be sure; surely; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although; without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.); also (called); emphatic particle
少なくとも
(すくなくとも)
at least
勤勉
(きんべん)
diligent; industrious
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
Kanji
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: トウ、 ズ、 ト、 あたま、 かしら、 -がしら、 かぶり
Meanings: head, counter for large animals
Readings: ドン、 にぶ.い、 にぶ.る、 にぶ-、 なま.る、 なまく.ら
Meanings: dull, slow, foolish, blunt
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: キン、 ゴン、 つと.める、 -づと.め、 つと.まる、 いそ.しむ
Meanings: diligence, become employed, serve
Readings: ベン、 つと.める
Meanings: exertion, endeavour, encourage, strive, make effort, diligent