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規則は少なくなければならない。さらに重要なことには、簡単なものでなけらばならない。

Sentence Analyzer

規則 少なくなければならない さらに 重要な こと 簡単な もの けらばならない

English Translation

The rules must be few, and what is more important, simple.

Furigana

規則(きそく)(すく)なくなければならない。さらに重要(じゅうよう)なことには、簡単(かんたん)なものでなけらばならない。

Romanji

Kisoku wa sukunakunakerebanaranai. sarani jūyōna koto ni wa, kantanna mono de na kerabanaranai.

Words

規則 (きそく)
rules; regulations; conventions
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
少ない (すくない)
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
更に (さらに)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
重要 (じゅうよう)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
簡単 (かんたん)
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
(もの、もん)
person
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
()
(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition
螻蛄 (けら、おけら、ろうこ、ケラ、オケラ)
mole cricket (esp. the Oriental mole cricket, Gryllotalpa orientalis); being penniless; being broke

Kanji

Reading: 
Meanings: standard, measure
Readings: ソク、 のっと.る
Meanings: rule, follow, based on, model after
Readings: ショウ、 すく.ない、 すこ.し
Meanings: few, little
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: カン、 ケン、 えら.ぶ、 ふだ
Meanings: simplicity, brevity
Readings: タン、 ひとえ
Meanings: simple, one, single, merely