でも、それで士気が下がっては本末転倒ではないかと。

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English Translation

But, if by that, morale drops wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the exercise?

Furigana

でも、それで士気(しき)が下(さ)がっては本末転倒(ほんまつてんとう)ではないかと。

Romanji

Demo, sorede shiki ga sagatte wa honmatsutentō de wa nai ka to.

Words

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

其れで (それで)

and; thereupon; because of that

士気 (しき)

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

が (が)

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

下がる (さがる)

to come down; to go down; to fall; to drop; to sink; to get lower; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to withdraw; to retire; to deteriorate; to fall off; to be downgraded; to get closer to the present day; to go south

は (は)

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

本末転倒 (ほんまつてんとう)

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

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.

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)