外交術とは、この上ない美しいやり方で、最も汚らしいことを行ったり、言ったりすることである。

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English Translation

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest thing in the nicest way.

Furigana

外交術(がいこうじゅつ)とは、この上(うえ)ない美(うつく)しいやり方(かた)で、最(もっと)も汚(きたな)らしいことを行(おこな)ったり、言(い)ったりすることである。

Romanji

Gaikōjutsu to wa, konouenai utsukushii yarikata de, mottomo kitanarashii koto o okona tari, i tari suru koto de aru.

Words

外交術 (がいこうじゅつ)

diplomacy; state-craft

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

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

この上ない (このうえない)

the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

美しい (うつくしい)

beautiful; lovely

やり方 (やりかた)

manner of doing; way; method; means

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.

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

汚らしい (きたならしい)

dirty-looking; squalid

事 (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

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.

行う (おこなう)

to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...