裁判官が有罪の判決を下した以上、いさぎよく服役しなければならない。

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English Translation

The judge pronounced him "guilty", and now he must face the music of a sentence in prison.

Furigana

裁判官(さいばんかん)が有罪(ゆうざい)の判決(はんけつ)を下(くだ)した以上(いじょう)、いさぎよく服役(ふくえき)しなければならない。

Romanji

Saibankan ga yūzai no hanketsu o kudashita ijō, isagiyoku fukuekishinakerebanaranai.

Words

裁判官 (さいばんかん)

judge

が (が)

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

有罪 (ゆうざい)

guilt; culpability

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

判決 (はんけつ)

judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree

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.

下す (くだす)

to make (a decision); to pass (judgement, etc.); to hand down (orders, etc.); to let go down; to lower; to do oneself; to do by oneself

以上 (いじょう)

not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned; foregoing; since ...; seeing that ...; this is all; that is the end; the end

潔い (いさぎよい)

manly; sportsmanlike; gracious; gallant; resolute; brave; pure (heart, actions, etc.); upright; blameless; unsullied (e.g. scenery or object); pure; clean

服役 (ふくえき)

penal servitude; military service