選ぶべき道はただ１つ成功か死かのいずれか。

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English Translation

The only alternatives are success and death.

Furigana

選(えら)ぶべき道(みち)はただ１つ成功(せいこう)か死(し)かのいずれか。

Romanji

Erabu beki michi wa tada hitotsu seikō ka shi ka no izure ka.

Words

選ぶ (えらぶ)

to choose; to select

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

は (は)

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

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

成功 (せいこう)

success; hit

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

死 (し)

death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)

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

何れ (いずれ、いづれ)

where; which; who; anyway; anyhow; at any rate; sooner or later; eventually; at some future date or time