悪い結婚をするぐらいなら、半殺しにされた方がまだましだ。

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English Translation

Better be half hanged than ill wed.

Furigana

悪(わる)い結婚(けっこん)をするぐらいなら、半殺(はんごろ)しにされた方(ほう)がまだましだ。

Romanji

Warui kekkon o suru gurai nara, hangoroshi ni sareta hō ga mada mashi da.

Words

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

を (を)

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.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

半殺し (はんごろし)

half killed

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

増し (まし、マシ)

better; less objectionable; preferable; more; increase; extra; increase; growth