不平不満を治す薬はない。

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不平 不満 を 治す 薬 は ない 。

English Translation

No medicine can cure a man of discontent.

Furigana

不平(ふへい)不満(ふまん)を治(なお)す薬(くすり)はない。

Romanji

Fuhei fuman o naosu kusuri wa nai.

Words

不平 (ふへい)

complaint; discontent; dissatisfaction

不満 (ふまん)

dissatisfaction; displeasure; discontent; complaints; unhappiness; disgruntled

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.

治す (なおす)

to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to repair; to do over again (after -masu base of verb); to replace; to put back as it was; to convert (into a different state); to transform

薬 (くすり)

medicine; pharmaceuticals; (legal) drugs; efficacious chemical (i.e. gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; small bribe

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

不

Readings: フ、 ブ

Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy

平

Readings: ヘイ、 ビョウ、 ヒョウ、 たい.ら、 -だいら、 ひら、 ひら-

Meanings: even, flat, peace

満

Readings: マン、 バン、 み.ちる、 み.つ、 み.たす

Meanings: full, fullness, enough, satisfy

治

Readings: ジ、 チ、 おさ.める、 おさ.まる、 なお.る、 なお.す

Meanings: reign, be at peace, calm down, subdue, quell, govt, cure, heal, rule, conserve

薬

Readings: ヤク、 くすり

Meanings: medicine, chemical, enamel, gunpowder, benefit