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Zach

おやおや。いかな体育の授業といえど・・・真剣勝負の意気込みで臨まなければ、いざ実戦と言う時に役に立ちませんよ。

Sentence Analyzer

おや おや いか 体育 授業 いえ 真剣 勝負 意気込み 臨まなければ いざ 実戦 言う 時に 役に立ちません

English Translation

Oh my. However much it's just a P.E. class; if you don't face it in real earnest, then when it comes to a real fight it won't do you any good.

Furigana

おやおや。いかな体育(たいいく)授業(じゅぎょう)といえど・・・真剣(しんけん)勝負(しょうぶ)意気込(いきご)みで(のぞ)まなければ、いざ実戦(じっせん)()(とき)(やく)()ちませんよ。

Romanji

Oya oya. ika na taiiku no jugyō to ie do shinken shōbu no ikigomi de nozomanakereba, iza jissen to iu tokini yakunitachimasen yo.

Words

おや (おや)
oh!; oh?; my!
烏賊 (いか、イカ)
cuttlefish; squid
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
体育 (たいいく)
physical education; gymnastics; athletics
()
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
授業 (じゅぎょう)
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
結う (ゆう、いう)
to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix
(ど、どう、ド)
precisely; exactly; plumb; totally; very much; damn; stupid; cursed
(なかぽち)
middle dot (typographical symbol used between parallel terms, names in katakana, etc.); full-stop mark at mid-character height; interpoint (interword separation)
真剣 (しんけん)
seriousness; earnestness; real sword (as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapon)
勝負 (しょうぶ)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game; bout
意気込み (いきごみ)
ardor; enthusiasm
(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.
臨む (のぞむ)
to look out on; to face; to deal with; to attend (e.g. function); to appear (e.g. in court)
いざ (いざ)
now; come (now); well
実戦 (じっせん)
combat; actual fighting
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
時に (ときに)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally
役に立つ (やくにたつ)
to be helpful; to be useful
()
indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

Kanji

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: イク、 そだ.つ、 そだ.ち、 そだ.てる、 はぐく.む
Meanings: bring up, grow up, raise, rear
Readings: ジュ、 さず.ける、 さず.かる
Meanings: impart, instruct, grant, confer
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: シン、 ま、 ま-、 まこと
Meanings: true, reality, Buddhist sect
Readings: ケン、 つるぎ
Meanings: sabre, sword, blade, clock hand
Readings: ショウ、 か.つ、 -が.ち、 まさ.る、 すぐ.れる、 かつ
Meanings: victory, win, prevail, excel
Readings: フ、 ま.ける、 ま.かす、 お.う
Meanings: defeat, negative, -, minus, bear, owe, assume a responsibility
Reading: 
Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking
Readings: キ、 ケ、 いき
Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood
Readings: -こ.む、 こ.む、 こ.み、 -こ.み、 こ.める
Meanings: crowded, mixture, in bulk, included, (kokuji)
Readings: リン、 のぞ.む
Meanings: look to, face, meet, confront, attend, call on
Readings: ジツ、 シツ、 み、 みの.る、 まこと、 みの、 みち.る
Meanings: reality, truth
Readings: セン、 いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く
Meanings: war, battle, match
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ジ、 とき、 -どき
Meanings: time, hour
Readings: ヤク、 エキ
Meanings: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる
Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect