いろいろな意味で、正直が最善の策であることは言うまでもない。

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English Translation

It goes without saying that honesty is the best policy in many ways.

Furigana

いろいろな意味(いみ)で、正直(しょうじき)が最善(さいぜん)の策(さく)であることは言(い)うまでもない。

Romanji

Iroirona imi de, shōjiki ga saizen no saku de aru koto wa iumademonai.

Words

色々 (いろいろ)

various; various colors (colours)

意味 (いみ)

meaning; significance

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.

正直 (しょうじき)

honesty; integrity; frankness; honestly; frankly

が (が)

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

最善 (さいぜん)

the very 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

策 (さく)

plan; policy

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

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

言うまでもない (いうまでもない、ゆうまでもない)

it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said