友人を選ぶにあたってはいくら注意してもしすぎることはない。

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English Translation

You cannot be too careful in choosing your friends.

Furigana

友人(ゆうじん)を選(えら)ぶにあたってはいくら注意(ちゅうい)してもしすぎることはない。

Romanji

Yūjin o erabu niatatte wa ikura chūishite mo shisugiru koto wa nai.

Words

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

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.

選ぶ (えらぶ)

to choose; to select

に当たって (にあたって)

at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)

は (は)

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

幾ら (いくら)

how much?; how many?; even; even if

注意 (ちゅうい)

caution; being careful; attention (heed); warning; advice

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix