この車は高そうですが、耐久性があるので長い目で見れば得です。

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English Translation

This seems expensive, but it's so durable it will pay in the long run.

Furigana

この車(くるま)は高(たか)そうですが、耐久性(たいきゅうせい)があるので長(なが)い目(め)で見(み)れば得(とく)です。

Romanji

Kono kuruma wa takasō desu ga, taikyūsei ga aru node nagai me de mireba toku desu.

Words

此の (この)

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

車 (くるま)

car; automobile; vehicle; wheel

は (は)

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

です (です)

be; is

が (が)

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

耐久性 (たいきゅうせい)

durability

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

ので (ので、んで)

that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ....; given that...

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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.

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

得 (とく)

profit; advantage; benefit; gain; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana