彼は自分の家族すら取りしきれないのに、まして一国を治めるなんて！

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English Translation

He can't run his own family, let alone a nation!

Furigana

彼(かれ)は自分(じぶん)の家族(かぞく)すら取(と)りしきれないのに、まして一(いち)国(こく)を治(おさ)めるなんて！

Romanji

Kare wa jibun no kazoku sura tori shikirenai noni, mashite ichi koku o osameru nante!

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

家族 (かぞく)

family; members of a family

すら (すら)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

況して (まして)

still more; to say nothing of; not to mention; still less

一 (いち)

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

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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.

治める (おさめる)

to govern; to manage; to subdue

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation