競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。

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競争それ自体は善でも悪でもない。

English Translation

Competition is neither good nor evil in itself.

Furigana

競争(きょうそう)それ自体(じたい)は善(ぜん)でも悪(あく)でもない。

Romanji

Kyōsō sore jitai wa zen de mo aku de mo nai.

Words

競争 (きょうそう)

competition; contest; to compete

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

自体 (じたい)

itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start

は (は)

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

善 (ぜん)

good; goodness; right; virtue

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

悪 (あく)

evil; wickedness

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix