険しいその道が国境へ行く唯一の方法だ。

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険しいその道が国境へ行く唯一の方法だ。

English Translation

The steep path is the sole access to the border.

Furigana

険(けわ)しいその道(みち)が国境(こっきょう)へ行(い)く唯一(ゆいいつ)の方法(ほうほう)だ。

Romanji

Kewashii sonomichi ga kokkyō e iku yuiitsu no hōhō da.

Words

険しい (けわしい)

precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; impregnable; steep; grim; severe; stern

その道 (そのみち)

line (of business); profession; trade

が (が)

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

国境 (こっきょう、くにざかい、こっかい)

national border; provincial border

へ (へ)

indicates direction or goal (e.g. "to")

行く (いく、ゆく)

to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination

唯一 (ゆいいつ、ゆいつ)

only; sole; unique

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

方法 (ほうほう)

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

だ (だ)

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