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出世したいのなら、努力をおそれてはならない。

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出世したい なら 努力 おそれて はならない

English Translation

If you wish to get on in the world, you must not shrink from effort.

Furigana

出世(しゅっせ)したいのなら、努力(どりょく)をおそれてはならない。

Romanji

Shusseshitai no nara, doryoku o osorete wanaranai.

Words

出世 (しゅっせ)
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
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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
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be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
努力 (どりょく)
great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort
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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.
恐れる (おそれる)
to fear; to be afraid of
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if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす
Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude
Readings: セイ、 セ、 ソウ、 よ、 さんじゅう
Meanings: generation, world, society, public
Readings: ド、 つと.める
Meanings: toil, diligent, as much as possible
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert