私たちは米一粒でさえ無駄にしてはいけません。

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English Translation

We shouldn't waste even one grain of rice.

Furigana

私(わたし)たちは米(こめ)一(いち)粒(つぶ)でさえ無駄(むだ)にしてはいけません。

Romanji

Watashitachi wa kome ichi tsubu de sae muda ni shite waikemasen.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

は (は)

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

米 (こめ、よね、めめ、コメ)

(husked grains of) rice; 88 years old

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

粒 (つぶ、つび、つぼ)

grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

だ (だ)

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

さえ (さえ)

even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

無駄 (むだ)

futility; uselessness; pointlessness

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

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

ば (ば)

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