われわれは病気をして初めて健康のありがたさがわかる。

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English Translation

It is not until we lose our health that we recognise its blessing.

Furigana

われわれは病気(びょうき)をして初(はじ)めて健康(けんこう)のありがたさがわかる。

Romanji

Wareware wa byōki o shite hajimete kenkō no arigatasa ga wakaru.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

病気 (びょうき)

illness; disease; sickness

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

初めて (はじめて)

for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

の (の)

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

有難い (ありがたい)

grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude

が (が)

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

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out

Kanji

病

Readings: ビョウ、ヘイ、や.む、 -や.み、やまい

Meanings: ill, sick

気

Readings: キ、ケ、いき

Meanings: spirit, mind, air, atmosphere, mood

初

Readings: ショ、はじ.め、はじ.めて、はつ、はつ-、うい-、 -そ.める、 -ぞ.め

Meanings: first time, beginning

健

Readings: ケン、すこ.やか

Meanings: healthy, health, strength, persistence

康

Reading: コウ

Meanings: ease, peace