まず商売を繁昌させてから妻をめとれ。

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まず商売を繁昌させてから妻をめとれ。

English Translation

First thrive and then wive.

Furigana

まず商売(しょうばい)を繁昌(はんじょう)させてから妻(つま)をめとれ。

Romanji

Mazu shōbai o hanjōsasete kara tsuma o metore.

Words

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

商売 (しょうばい)

trade; business; commerce; transaction; occupation

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.

繁盛 (はんじょう)

prosperity; flourishing; thriving

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

妻 (つま)

wife; my dear; dear; honey; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment

娶る (めとる)

to marry (a woman); to take to wife