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万一第三次世界大戦が起こるようなことがあれば、勝者はあり得ないだろう。

Sentence Analyzer

万一 世界 大戦 起こる ような こと あれば 勝者 あり得ない だろう

English Translation

Should World War III come about, there would be no winners at all.

Furigana

万一(まんいち)(だい)(さん)()世界(せかい)大戦(たいせん)()こるようなことがあれば、勝者(しょうしゃ)はあり()ないだろう。

Romanji

Man'ichi dai san ji sekai taisen ga okoru yōna koto ga areba, shōsha wa arienai darou.

Words

万一 (まんいち、ばんいち、まんいつ、ばんいつ)
emergency; unlikely event; by some chance; by some possibility
(だい)
ordinal
(さん、み)
three; tri-
()
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence; time; times
世界 (せかい)
the world; society; the universe; sphere; circle; world; renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan; realm governed by one Buddha; space
大戦 (たいせん)
great war; great battle
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
起こる (おこる)
to occur; to happen
様だ (ようだ)
(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command
(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
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
勝者 (しょうしゃ)
winner; victor
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: マン、 バン、 よろず
Meanings: ten thousand, 10,000
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ダイ、 テイ
Meanings: No., residence
Readings: サン、 ゾウ、 み、 み.つ、 みっ.つ
Meaning: three
Readings: ジ、 シ、 つ.ぐ、 つぎ
Meanings: next, order, sequence
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Reading: カイ
Meanings: world, boundary
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: セン、 いくさ、 たたか.う、 おのの.く、 そよ.ぐ、 わなな.く
Meanings: war, battle, match
Readings: キ、 お.きる、 お.こる、 お.こす、 おこ.す、 た.つ
Meanings: rouse, wake up, get up
Readings: ショウ、 か.つ、 -が.ち、 まさ.る、 すぐ.れる、 かつ
Meanings: victory, win, prevail, excel
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: トク、 え.る、 う.る
Meanings: gain, get, find, earn, acquire, can, may, able to, profit, advantage, benefit