この問題は遅かれ早かれ片づけねばならない。

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English Translation

This matter must be dealt with sooner or later.

Furigana

この問題(もんだい)は遅(おそ)かれ早(はや)かれ片(かた)づけねばならない。

Romanji

Kono mondai wa osokare hayakare katazukenebanaranai.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

は (は)

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

遅い (おそい)

slow; late (e.g. "late at night"); too late; dull; stupid

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

片付ける (かたづける)

to tidy up; to put in order; to straighten up; to put away; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end; to marry off (e.g. a daughter); to do away with someone; to bump someone off

Kanji

問

Readings: モン、と.う、と.い、とん

Meanings: question, ask, problem

題

Reading: ダイ

Meanings: topic, subject

遅

Readings: チ、おく.れる、おく.らす、おそ.い

Meanings: slow, late, back, later

早

Readings: ソウ、サッ、はや.い、はや、はや-、はや.まる、はや.める、さ-

Meanings: early, fast

片

Readings: ヘン、かた-、かた

Meanings: one-sided, leaf, sheet, right-side kata radical (no. 91)