平和を勝ち取るために、これからどれだけの代償を払わなければならぬか、予想もつかぬ。

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English Translation

How much we still have to pay for peace is a riddle.

Furigana

平和(へいわ)を勝(か)ち取(と)るために、これからどれだけの代償(だいしょう)を払(はら)わなければならぬか、予想(よそう)もつかぬ。

Romanji

Heiwa o kachitoru tameni, korekara dore dake no daishō o harawanakerebanaranu ka, yosō mo tsukanu.

Words

平和 (へいわ)

peace; harmony

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.

勝ち取る (かちとる)

to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

此れから (これから)

after this

何れ (どれ)

which (of three or more); whichever; any; well; now; let me see

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

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

代償 (だいしょう)

compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration

払う (はらう)

to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches); to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern); to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert; to move out (of one's own place); to vacate; to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside; to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy); to reset (an abacus)

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

予想 (よそう)

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

注ぐ (つぐ)

(usu. written as kana when referring to a solid) to pour (into a vessel); to fill; to dish out food or drink