敗軍の将兵を語らず。

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敗軍 の 将兵 を 語らず 。

English Translation

It is not for the vanquished to talk of war.

Furigana

敗軍(はいぐん)の将兵(しょうへい)を語(かた)らず。

Romanji

Haigun no shōhei o katarazu.

Words

敗軍 (はいぐん)

defeat; lost battle

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

将兵 (しょうへい)

officers and men

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.

語る (かたる)

to talk about; to speak of; to tell; to narrate; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show

Kanji

敗

Readings: ハイ、 やぶ.れる

Meanings: failure, defeat, reversal

軍

Readings: グン、 いくさ

Meanings: army, force, troops, war, battle

将

Readings: ショウ、 ソウ、 まさ.に、 はた、 まさ、 ひきい.る、 もって

Meanings: leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about

兵

Readings: ヘイ、 ヒョウ、 つわもの

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

語

Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう

Meanings: word, speech, language