本末を転倒してはいけない。

Sentence Analyzer

本末を転倒してはいけない。

English Translation

Don't put the cart before the horse.

Furigana

本末(ほんまつ)を転倒(てんとう)してはいけない。

Romanji

Honmatsu o tentōshite waikenai.

Words

本末 (ほんまつ)

essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end

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.

転倒 (てんとう)

falling down; tumbling; overturning; turning over; reversing; inverting; inversion; getting upset

ば (ば)

if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since