常に戦争の用意が出来ていることは戦争を避ける最も確実な道であるとメントールは言っている。

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English Translation

To be always ready for war, said Mentor, is the surest way to avoid it.

Furigana

常(つね)に戦争(せんそう)の用意(ようい)が出来(でき)ていることは戦争(せんそう)を避(さ)ける最(もっと)も確実(かくじつ)な道(みち)であるとメントールは言(い)っている。

Romanji

Tsuneni sensō no yōi ga dekiteiru koto wa sensō o sakeru mottomo kakujitsuna michi de aru to mento-ru wa itteiru.

Words

常に (つねに)

always; constantly

戦争 (せんそう)

war

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

用意 (ようい)

preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)

が (が)

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

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

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

は (は)

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

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.

避ける (さける、よける)

to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

確実 (かくじつ)

certainty; reliability; soundness

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と (と)

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

メントール (メントール)

menthol

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise