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Pronunciation
最も( もっとも ) よい の は 真実( しんじつ ) を 告げる( つげる ) こと です 。
最も (もっとも) (adv) most; extremely; (P) [EDICT]
よい (宵) (n-adv,n-t) evening; early night hours; (P) [EDICT] (酔い) (n) drunkenness; intoxication; (P) [EDICT] (余意) (n) implied meaning [EDICT]
の () (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT] () (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT] () (suf,prt) (literary equiv. of だけ) only; nothing but; (P) [EDICT] () (n) (See スラグ) slag [EDICT] (乃) (prt) (1) (uk) (occasionally ん) indicates possessive; (2) verb and adjective nominalizer (nominaliser); (3) substituting for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (4) (often ん) indicates a confident conclusion; (5) emotional emphasis (sentence end) (fem); (6) indicates question (sentence end); (P) [EDICT] (之) (prt) (arch) possessive (used on tombs, etc.) [EDICT] (幅) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (布) (n,n-suf,ctr) (after a number in the hito-, futa-, mi- counting system) unit of measurement for cloth breadth (30-38 cm) [EDICT] (箆) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT] (篦) (n) (1) (arch) shaft (of an arrow); (2) (arch) (See 矢竹・2) arrow bamboo (Pseudosasa japonica) [EDICT]
は (葉) ใบไม้ [LongdoJP] () (int) (1) (pol) yes; (2) OK (used to get attention prior to an utterance); okay; (3) giddy-up; giddap; (P) [EDICT] () (v5r,aux-v,suf) (hon) (ksb [EDICT] () (suf) (ksb [EDICT] (歯) (n) tooth; (P) [EDICT] (刃) (n) edge (of a knife or sword); (P) [EDICT] (派) (n,n-suf) clique; faction; school; (P) [EDICT] (破) (n) (See 序破急) (in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song [EDICT] (葉) (n) leaf; (P) [EDICT]
真実 (しんじつ(P);さな;さね) (adj-na,adv,n,adj-no) truth; reality; (P) [EDICT]
を () (prt) (arch) (See を) marks object of action, etc. (also adds emphasis) [EDICT]
告げる (つげる) (v1,vt) to inform; to tell; to ring (bell, alarm, warning, etc.); (P) [EDICT]
こと () (adv-to) (on-mim) clunk; thump [EDICT] (古都) (n) ancient city; former capital; (P) [EDICT] (糊塗) (n,vs) covering up; glossing over [EDICT]
です () (exp) (pol) (See か・1) indicates question (sentence end) [EDICT]