戦車や飛行機は軍隊を打ち破ることはできようが、国民を征服することはできない。

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English Translation

Tanks and planes may defeat the troops but they cannot conquer the people.

Furigana

戦車(せんしゃ)や飛行機(ひこうき)は軍隊(ぐんたい)を打(う)ち破(やぶ)ることはできようが、国民(こくみん)を征服(せいふく)することはできない。

Romanji

Sensha ya hikōki wa guntai o uchiyaburu koto wa dekiyou ga, kokumin o seifukusuru koto wa dekinai.

Words

戦車 (せんしゃ)

tank (military vehicle)

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

飛行機 (ひこうき)

aeroplane; airplane; aircraft

は (は)

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

軍隊 (ぐんたい)

armed forces; military; troops

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.

打ち破る (うちやぶる)

to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

が (が)

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

国民 (こくみん)

nation; nationality; people; citizen

征服 (せいふく)

conquest; subjugation; overcoming