そもそも責任者が責任をとらないなら、存在する意味がないではないか。

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English Translation

Is there an existing meaning if the person in charge does not take the responsibility to begin with?

Furigana

そもそも責任者(せきにんしゃ)が責任(せきにん)をとらないなら、存在(そんざい)する意味(いみ)がないではないか。

Romanji

Somosomo sekininsha ga sekinin o toranai nara, sonzaisuru imi ga nai de wa nai ka.

Words

抑 (そもそも)

in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?"); beginning; start

責任者 (せきにんしゃ)

person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager

が (が)

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

責任 (せきにん)

duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus

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.

穫る (とる)

to harvest (a crop)

だ (だ)

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

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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