ソ連は最後の手段としてしかその国を空爆しないだろう。

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そ連は最後の手段としてしかその国を空爆しないだろう。

English Translation

The USSR will only use air strikes in the country as a last resort.

Furigana

ソ連(れん)は最後(さいご)の手段(しゅだん)としてしかその国(くに)を空爆(くうばく)しないだろう。

Romanji

Soren wa saigo no shudan toshite shika sono kuni o kūbakushinai darou.

Words

ソ連 (ソれん、それん)

(former) Soviet Union; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; USSR

は (は)

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

最後 (さいご)

last; end; conclusion; latest; most recent; no sooner than; right after (often having negative consequences); one's final moments

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

手段 (しゅだん)

means; way; measure

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

しか (しか)

only; nothing but

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

国 (くに)

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

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.

空爆 (くうばく)

aerial bombing

だ (だ)

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