苛酷な価格競争の中で、Ａ社は我々をけしかけてＢ社と戦わせて漁夫の利を得ようとしている。

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English Translation

Company A is trying to play us off against Company B in a severe price-war.

Furigana

苛酷(かこく)な価格(かかく)競争(きょうそう)の中(なか)で、Ａ社(えいしゃ)は我々(われわれ)をけしかけてＢ社(びーしゃ)と戦(たたか)わせて漁夫(ぎょふ)の利(り)を得(え)ようとしている。

Romanji

Kakokuna kakaku kyōsō no naka de,eisha wa wareware o keshikaketebi-sha to tatakawasete gyofu no ri o eyou to shiteiru.

Words

過酷 (かこく)

rigour; rigor; severity; cruelty; harsh

価格 (かかく)

price; value; cost

競争 (きょうそう)

competition; contest; to compete

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

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.

は (は)

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

我々 (われわれ)

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.

嗾ける (けしかける)

to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)

と (と)

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

戦う (たたかう)

to make war (on); to wage war (against); to go to war (with); to fight (with); to do battle (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight; to contend; to resist

漁夫 (ぎょふ)

fisherman

利 (り)

advantage; benefit; profit; interest

得る (うる)

to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain

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