万一のときに備えて貯金をするのは賢明だ。

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English Translation

It would be wise of you to save money for a rainy day.

Furigana

万一(まんいち)のときに備(そな)えて貯金(ちょきん)をするのは賢明(けんめい)だ。

Romanji

Man'ichi no tokini sonaete chokin o suru no wa kenmei da.

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

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

時に (ときに)

by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally

備える (そなえる)

to furnish; to provide for; to equip; to install; to have ready; to prepare for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with; to be armed with; to be born with; to have since birth

貯金 (ちょきん)

putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank

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.

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

は (は)

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

賢明 (けんめい)

wisdom; intelligence; prudence

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative