この組織は、現状のままに、ほうっておかれるならば、やがて、破滅するだろう。だがこの組織を、復旧させようとすることは、川を渡っている最中に、馬をとりかえることと同じように難しい。

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English Translation

If this organization is left as it is, it will soon go bankrupt; its recovery is as difficult as swapping horses while crossing a stream.

Furigana

この組織(そしき)は、現状(げんじょう)のままに、ほうっておかれるならば、やがて、破滅(はめつ)するだろう。だがこの組織(そしき)を、復旧(ふっきゅう)させようとすることは、川(かわ)を渡(わた)っている最中(さいちゅう)に、馬(うま)をとりかえることと同(おな)じように難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Kono soshiki wa, genjō no mamani, hōtte okareru naraba, yagate, hametsusuru darou. daga kono soshiki o, fukkyūsaseyou to suru koto wa, kawa o watatteiru saichū ni, uma o torikaeru koto to onaji yōni muzukashii.

Words

此の (この)

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

組織 (そしき、そしょく)

organization; organisation; structure; construction; tissue; system

は (は)

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

現状 (げんじょう)

present condition; existing state; status quo

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

儘に (ままに)

as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")

放る (ほうる、ほる)

to throw; to toss; to fling; to throw away; to discard; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone; to give up on; to leave undone; to leave unfinished

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

だ (だ)

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

軈て (やがて)

before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end; eventually

破滅 (はめつ)

ruin; destruction; fall

だが (だが、ですが)

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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.

復旧 (ふっきゅう、ふくきゅう)

restoration; restitution; rehabilitation

と (と)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

川 (かわ、がわ)

river; stream; the .... river; (suffix used with the names of rivers)

渡る (わたる)

to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range; to span

最中 (さいちゅう、さなか)

in the middle of; height of; in course of; midst

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

馬 (うま、いま、おま、ウマ)

horse; promoted bishop

取り替える (とりかえる)

to exchange; to replace

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky