大発明に関しては、偶然はほんの小さな役割しかしなかった。

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English Translation

With regard to big inventions, chance has played a very small part.

Furigana

大(だい)発明(はつめい)に関(かん)しては、偶然(ぐうぜん)はほんの小(ちい)さな役割(やくわり)しかしなかった。

Romanji

Dai hatsumei nikanshite wa, gūzen wa honno chiisana yakuwari shika shinakatta.

Words

大 (おお)

big; large

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

に関して (にかんして)

related to; in relation to

は (は)

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

偶然 (ぐうぜん)

(by) chance; unexpectedly; suddenly; accident; fortuity; by coincidence

本の (ほんの)

mere; only; just; not even (with negative verb)

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

役割 (やくわり)

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

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