意志があるところに道は開ける。

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意志 が ある ところに 道 は 開ける 。

English Translation

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Furigana

意志(いし)があるところに道(みち)は開(あ)ける。

Romanji

Ishi ga aru tokoroni michi wa akeru.

Words

意志 (いし)

will; volition; intention; intent; determination

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

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

開ける (あける)

to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to unlock; to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to make space; to make room; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn; to grow light; to end (of a period, season); to begin (of the New Year); to leave (one's schedule) open; to make time (for); to make (a hole); to open up (a hole)

Kanji

意

Reading: イ

Meanings: idea, mind, heart, taste, thought, desire, care, liking

志

Readings: シ、 シリング、 こころざ.す、 こころざし

Meanings: intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling

道

Readings: ドウ、 トウ、 みち

Meanings: road-way, street, district, journey, course, moral, teachings

開

Readings: カイ、 ひら.く、 ひら.き、 -びら.き、 ひら.ける、 あ.く、 あ.ける

Meanings: open, unfold, unseal