スポーツの逆説はスポーツが（人を）分けると同時に結びつけることだ。

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English Translation

The paradox of sport is that it bonds as it divides.

Furigana

スポーツの逆説(ぎゃくせつ)はスポーツが（人(ひと)を）分(わ)けると同時(どうじ)に結(むす)びつけることだ。

Romanji

Supo-tsu no gyakusetsu wa supo-tsu ga hito o wakeru to dōjini musubitsukeru koto da.

Words

スポーツ (スポーツ)

sport; sports

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

逆説 (ぎゃくせつ)

paradox

は (は)

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

が (が)

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

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.

分ける (わける)

to divide (into); to split (into); to part; to separate; to divide up; to classify; to sort out; to divide out; to share; to distribute; to deal out; to dish out; to distinguish; to discriminate; to differentiate (between); to break up (a fight); to mediate; to call a draw; to tie; to push one's way through (a crowd); to sell

と (と)

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

同時に (どうじに)

coincident with; while; simultaneously

結び付ける (むすびつける)

to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

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