薬より食餌療法の方が効くと信じています。

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English Translation

I believe more in diet than in drugs.

Furigana

薬(くすり)より食餌(しょくじ)療法(りょうほう)の方(ほう)が効(き)くと信(しん)じています。

Romanji

Kusuri yori shokuji ryōhō no hō ga kiku to shinjiteimasu.

Words

薬 (くすり)

medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

食餌 (しょくじ)

dietary cure

療法 (りょうほう)

remedy; medical treatment

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

効く (きく)

to be effective; to show effect; to do its work; to carry out its function well; to be possible to use

と (と)

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

信じる (しんじる)

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in