私は長嶋茂雄を除いては誰も国民的英雄と考えることはできない。

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English Translation

I cannot look on anybody as a national hero with the exception of Shigeo Nagashima.

Furigana

私(わたし)は長嶋(ながしま)茂雄(しげお)を除(のぞ)いては誰(だれ)も国民的(こくみんてき)英雄(えいゆう)と考(かんが)えることはできない。

Romanji

Watashi wa Nagashima Shigeo o nozoite wa dare mo kokuminteki eiyū to kangaeru koto wa dekinai.

Words

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

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.

除く (のぞく)

to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except

誰 (だれ、たれ、た)

who

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

国民的 (こくみんてき)

national

英雄 (えいゆう)

hero; heroine; great person; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)

と (と)

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

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

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

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