最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

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最後のわら一本がらくだの背骨を折る。

English Translation

The last straw breaks the camel's back.

Furigana

最後(さいご)のわら一(いち)本(ほん)がらくだの背骨(せぼね)を折(お)る。

Romanji

Saigo no wara ichi hon ga rakuda no sebone o oru.

Words

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

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

藁 (わら)

straw

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

本 (ほん)

book; volume; script; this; present; main; head; real; regular; counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls

が (が)

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

駱駝 (らくだ、ラクダ)

camel

背骨 (せぼね)

spine; backbone; spinal column

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

折る (おる)

to break; to fracture; to break off; to snap off; to pick (e.g. flowers); to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt; to end