この件では秘密が何より重要なことだ。

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この件では秘密が何より重要なことだ。

English Translation

Secrecy is of the essence in this matter.

Furigana

この件(けん)では秘密(ひみつ)が何(なに)より重要(じゅうよう)なことだ。

Romanji

Kono ken de wa himitsu ga naniyori jūyōna koto da.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

件 (けん)

matter; case; item; affair; subject

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

秘密 (ひみつ)

secret; secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; secret; mystery; esoteric teachings

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

何より (なにより)

most; best; above all

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

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

だ (だ)

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