電車が遅れようと遅れまいと問題ではない。

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English Translation

It makes no difference whether the train is delayed or not.

Furigana

電車(でんしゃ)が遅(おく)れようと遅(おく)れまいと問題(もんだい)ではない。

Romanji

Densha ga okureyou to okure mai to mondai de wa nai.

Words

電車 (でんしゃ)

train; electric train

が (が)

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

遅れる (おくれる)

to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind schedule; to be overdue

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

まい (まい)

probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

で (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.

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix