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貧しいことを理由に人を軽蔑してはいけない。

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貧しい こと 理由 軽蔑して はいけない

English Translation

Don't look down on others because they are poor.

Furigana

(まず)しいことを理由(りゆう)(ひと)軽蔑(けいべつ)してはいけない。

Romanji

Mazushii koto o riyū ni hito o keibetsushite waikenai.

Words

貧しい (まずしい)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
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.
理由 (りゆう、わけ)
reason; pretext; motive
()
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
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
軽蔑 (けいべつ)
scorn; disdain; contempt
()
if ... then; when; and; why don't you...?; the more (one does something); because; since

Kanji

Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: ユ、 ユウ、 ユイ、 よし、 よ.る
Meanings: wherefore, a reason
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: ケイ、 かる.い、 かろ.やか、 かろ.んじる
Meanings: lightly, trifling, unimportant
Readings: ベツ、 ないがしろ、 なみ.する、 くらい、 さげす.む
Meanings: ignore, despise, neglect, ridicule