外交官は国のためにうそを言うため外国へ派遣された正直な人である。

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English Translation

An ambassador is an honest man sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.

Furigana

外交官(がいこうかん)は国(くに)のためにうそを言(い)うため外国(がいこく)へ派遣(はけん)された正直(しょうじき)な人(ひと)である。

Romanji

Gaikōkan wa kuni no tameni uso o iu tame gaikoku e hakensareta shōjikina hito de aru.

Words

外交官 (がいこうかん)

diplomat

は (は)

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

国 (くに)

country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan); land; earth

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

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

鷽 (うそ、ウソ)

Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch

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.

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 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

外国 (がいこく、そとぐに)

foreign country

へ (へ)

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

派遣 (はけん)

dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp

正直 (しょうじき)

honesty; integrity; frankness; honestly; frankly

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...