スミスさんが「海兵隊は必要ない」と言いました。

Mr Smith said, "There's no need for the marines."

スミスさんが「海兵隊(かいへいたい)は必要(ひつよう)ない」と言(い)いました。

Sumisu san ga" kaiheitai wa hitsuyō nai" to iimashita.

さん (さん)

Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; Ms.; -san; makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)

が (が)

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

海兵隊 (かいへいたい)

Marine Corps; Royal Marines

は (は)

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

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

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

Readings: カイ、うみ

Meanings: sea, ocean

Readings: ヘイ、ヒョウ、つわもの

Meanings: soldier, private, troops, army, warfare, strategy, tactics

Reading: タイ

Meanings: regiment, party, company, squad

Readings: ヒツ、かなら.ず

Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable

Readings: ヨウ、い.る、かなめ

Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to

Readings: ゲン、ゴン、い.う、こと

Meanings: say, word