オリンピックで最も大事なことは勝つことではなく、参加することである。

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English Translation

The most important thing in the Olympics is not to win but to participate.

Furigana

オリンピックで最(もっと)も大事(だいじ)なことは勝(か)つことではなく、参加(さんか)することである。

Romanji

Orinpikku de mottomo daijina koto wa katsu koto de wa naku, sankasuru koto de aru.

Words

オリンピック (オリンピック)

Olympics

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.

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

大事 (だいじ、おおごと)

important; valuable; serious matter

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...