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中央銀行に物価の番人だけさせておくのはもったいない。

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中央 銀行 物価 番人 だけ させておく もったいない

English Translation

It's a waste to just have the central banks watching over commodity prices.

Furigana

中央(ちゅうおう)銀行(ぎんこう)物価(ぶっか)番人(ばんにん)だけさせておくのはもったいない。

Romanji

Chūō ginkō ni bukka no bannin dake saseteoku no wa mottainai.

Words

中央 (ちゅうおう)
centre; center; middle; heart; metropolis; capital city; central government
銀行 (ぎんこう)
bank
()
at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although
物価 (ぶっか)
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
()
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
番人 (ばんにん)
guard; watchman
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
勿体ない (もったいない)
impious; profane; sacrilegious; too good; more than one deserves; unworthy of; wasteful

Kanji

Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Reading: オウ
Meanings: center, middle
Readings: ギン、 しろがね
Meaning: silver
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-
Meanings: thing, object, matter
Readings: カ、 ケ、 あたい
Meanings: value, price
Readings: バン、 つが.い
Meanings: turn, number in a series
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person