私はよく言うが、偉大な医者は偉大な将軍よりも多くの人々を殺す。

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English Translation

I often say a great doctor kills more people than a great general.

Furigana

私(わたし)はよく言(い)うが、偉大(いだい)な医者(いしゃ)は偉大(いだい)な将軍(しょうぐん)よりも多(おお)くの人々(ひとびと)を殺(ころ)す。

Romanji

Watashi wa yoku iu ga, idaina isha wa idaina shōgun yori mo ōku no hitobito o korosu.

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

が (が)

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

偉大 (いだい)

greatness

医者 (いしゃ)

(medical) doctor; physician

将軍 (しょうぐん)

general; shogun

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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.

殺す (ころす)

to kill