国家が繁栄するかは多かれ少なかれ国民次第である。

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English Translation

The prosperity of a country depends more or less on its citizens.

Furigana

国家(こっか)が繁栄(はんえい)するかは多(おお)かれ少(すく)なかれ国民(こくみん)次第(しだい)である。

Romanji

Kokka ga han'eisuru ka wa ōkare sukunakare kokumin shidai de aru.

Words

国家 (こっか)

state; country; nation

が (が)

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

繁栄 (はんえい)

prospering; prosperity; thriving; flourishing

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

は (は)

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

多い (おおい)

many; numerous

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

国民 (こくみん)

nation; nationality; people; citizen

次第 (しだい)

dependent upon; as soon as; immediately (upon); circumstances; order; precedence; program; programme; agenda

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

国

Readings: コク、くに

Meaning: country

家

Readings: カ、ケ、いえ、や、うち

Meanings: house, home, family, professional, expert, performer

繁

Readings: ハン、しげ.る、しげ.く

Meanings: luxuriant, thick, overgrown, frequency, complexity, trouble

栄

Readings: エイ、ヨウ、さか.える、は.え、 -ば.え、は.える、え

Meanings: flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor

多

Readings: タ、おお.い、まさ.に、まさ.る

Meanings: many, frequent, much

少

Readings: ショウ、すく.ない、すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

民

Readings: ミン、たみ

Meanings: people, nation, subjects

次

Readings: ジ、シ、つ.ぐ、つぎ

Meanings: next, order, sequence

第

Readings: ダイ、テイ

Meanings: No., residence