野菜でも肉類でも、よく噛んで食べることが何よりも大切である。

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English Translation

It is most important to chew your food, whether vegetable or meat, before you swallow it.

Furigana

野菜(やさい)でも肉類(にくるい)でも、よく噛(か)んで食(た)べることが何(なに)よりも大切(たいせつ)である。

Romanji

Yasai de mo nikurui de mo, yoku kande taberu koto ga nani yori mo taisetsu de aru.

Words

野菜 (やさい)

vegetable

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.

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

肉類 (にくるい)

(kinds of) meat

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

噛む (かむ)

to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore); to engage (of cogs, zippers, etc.); to mesh; to fit together; to be involved in; to fumble one's words (during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to strongly confute; to argue down; to rebuke; to scold harshly

食べる (たべる)

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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

が (が)

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

より (より)

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

大切 (たいせつ、たいせち)

important; necessary; indispensable; beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable; careful

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...