失言は政治家には命取りとなることがある。

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English Translation

A slip of the tongue is sometimes fatal to a politician.

Furigana

失言(しつげん)は政治家(せいじか)には命取(いのちと)りとなることがある。

Romanji

Shitsugen wa seijika ni wa inochitori to naru koto ga aru.

Words

失言 (しつげん)

verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words

は (は)

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

政治家 (せいじか)

politician; statesman

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

命取り (いのちとり)

fatal; deadly; mortal

と (と)

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

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

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about