食物を取るのにこれ以上効果的なやり方は想像できないほどなのである。

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English Translation

It is hard to imagine a more efficient way of catching food.

Furigana

食物(しょくもつ)を取(と)るのにこれ以上(いじょう)効果的(こうかてき)なやり方(かた)は想像(そうぞう)できないほどなのである。

Romanji

Shokumotsu o toru noni kore ijō kōkateki na yarikata wa sōzō dekinai hodo na no de aru.

Words

食物 (しょくもつ)

food; foodstuff

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.

取る (とる)

to take; to pick up; to harvest; to earn; to win; to choose; to steal; to eat; to have (a meal); to remove (one's glasses, etc.); to compete (in sumo, cards, etc.); to play

のに (のに)

although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; while; if only; I wish; I tell you; you should do; in order to

此れ (これ)

this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic); this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group); now; here; I (me); certainly

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

効果的 (こうかてき)

effective; successful

だ (だ)

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

やり方 (やりかた)

manner of doing; way; method; means

は (は)

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

想像 (そうぞう)

imagination; guess

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

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...