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商売では能率のよさということが最も重要な考えである。

Sentence Analyzer

商売 能率 よさ という こと 最も 重要な 考え ある

English Translation

Efficiency is the dominant idea in business.

Furigana

商売(しょうばい)では能率(のうりつ)のよさということが(もっと)重要(じゅうよう)(かんが)えである。

Romanji

Shōbai de wa nōritsu no yosa toiu koto ga mottomo jūyōna kangae de aru.

Words

商売 (しょうばい)
trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation
(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.
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
能率 (のうりつ)
efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)
()
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
(よい)
evening; early night hours
と言う (という、とゆう)
called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X
(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
最も (もっとも、もとも)
most; extremely
重要 (じゅうよう)
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
考え (かんがえ)
thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept; idea; notion; imagination; intention; plan; design; consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection; wish; hope; expectation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ショウ、 あきな.う
Meanings: make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant
Readings: バイ、 う.る、 う.れる
Meaning: sell
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: ソツ、 リツ、 シュツ、 ひき.いる
Meanings: ratio, rate, proportion, %, coefficient, factor
Readings: サイ、 シュ、 もっと.も、 つま
Meanings: utmost, most, extreme
Readings: ジュウ、 チョウ、 え、 おも.い、 おも.り、 おも.なう、 かさ.ねる、 かさ.なる、 おも
Meanings: heavy, heap up, pile up, nest of boxes, -fold
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: コウ、 かんが.える、 かんが.え
Meanings: consider, think over