少しは世間の風潮に合わせるほうが賢明かもしれない。

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English Translation

It might be discreet of you to bend a little to the prevailing wind.

Furigana

少(すこ)しは世間(せけん)の風潮(ふうちょう)に合(あ)わせるほうが賢明(けんめい)かもしれない。

Romanji

Sukoshi wa seken no fūchō ni awaseru hō ga kenmei kamo shirenai.

Words

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

は (は)

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

世間 (せけん)

world; society

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

風潮 (ふうちょう)

tide; current; tendency

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

合わせる (あわせる)

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to combine; to add up; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with; to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate); to place together; to connect; to overlap; to mix; to combine; to put blade to blade; to fight

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

賢明 (けんめい)

wisdom; intelligence; prudence

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe