冗談にしろ、恐怖からにしろ、決してうそを言うな。

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English Translation

Never tell a lie, either for fun or from fear.

Furigana

冗談(じょうだん)にしろ、恐怖(きょうふ)からにしろ、決(けっ)してうそを言(い)うな。

Romanji

Jōdan ni shiro, kyōfu kara ni shiro, kesshite uso o iu na.

Words

冗談 (じょうだん、ぎだん、げだん)

jest; joke; funny story

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

恐怖 (きょうふ、くふ)

fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare; panic

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

決して (けっして、けして)

never; by no means; not in the least; in no way

鷽 (うそ、ウソ)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch

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.

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

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition