父はいつも「天は自ら助くる者を助く」と言っていました。

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English Translation

My father always said that heaven helps those who help themselves.

Furigana

父(ちち)はいつも「天(てん)は自(みずか)ら助(たす)くる者(しゃ)を助(たす)く」と言(い)っていました。

Romanji

Chichi wa itsumo" ten wa mizukaratasukurusha o tasuku" to itteimashita.

Words

父 (ちち、とと、ちゃん、てて、かぞ、かそ、しし、あて)

father

は (は)

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

何時も (いつも)

always; usually; every time; never

天 (てん、あめ、あま)

sky; heaven; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism)

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.

助く (たすく)

to help; to save; to rescue

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise