案ずるより産むが易し。

案ずるより産むが易し。

Fear often exaggerates danger.

案(あん)ずるより産(う)むが易(やす)し。

Anzuru yori umu ga yasushi.

案ずる (あんずる)

to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear; to investigate; to consider; to plan; to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

産む (うむ)

to give birth; to deliver; to produce

が (が)

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

易い (やすい)

easy; likely to ..., have a tendency to ...; easy to ...

Readings: アン、つくえ

Meanings: plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

Readings: サン、う.む、う.まれる、うぶ-、む.す

Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property

Readings: エキ、イ、やさ.しい、やす.い

Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination