彼女は日本で屈指の優れたテニスの選手であると言っても過言ではない。

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English Translation

It is not too much to say that she is one of the best tennis players in Japan.

Furigana

彼女(かのじょ)は日本(にっぽん)で屈指(くっし)の優(すぐ)れたテニスの選手(せんしゅ)であると言(い)っても過言(かごん)ではない。

Romanji

Kanojo wa Nippon de kusshi no sugureta tenisu no senshu de aru to itte mo kagon de wa nai.

Words

彼女 (かのじょ)

she; her; her; girlfriend; sweetheart

は (は)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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.

屈指 (くっし)

leading; foremost; preeminent; outstanding; one of the best

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

優れる (すぐれる)

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

テニス (テニス)

tennis

選手 (せんしゅ)

player (in game); team member

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と (と)

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

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

過言 (かごん、かげん)

exaggeration; saying too much; misstatement; slip of the tongue; blunt saying

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix