オリンピック競技において最も大切なことは勝つことではなく参加することであ。

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English Translation

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.

Furigana

オリンピック競技(きょうぎ)において最(もっと)も大切(たいせつ)なことは勝(か)つことではなく参加(さんか)することであ。

Romanji

Orinpikku kyōgi nioite mottomo taisetsuna koto wa katsu koto de wa naku sankasuru koto de a.

Words

オリンピック (オリンピック)

Olympics

競技 (きょうぎ)

game; match; contest

に於いて (において)

in; on; at (place); as for; regarding

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

大切 (たいせつ、たいせち)

important; necessary; indispensable; beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable; careful

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

は (は)

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

勝つ (かつ)

to win; to gain victory

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

参加 (さんか)

participation

あっ (あっ、あ、アッ)

Ah! (expression of surprise, recollection, etc.); Oh!; Hey! (to get someone's attention)