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貧しいことは、何ら不名誉ではない。

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貧しい こと 何ら 不名誉 ない

English Translation

There is no disgrace in being poor.

Furigana

(まず)しいことは、(なん)不名誉(ふめいよ)ではない。

Romanji

Mazushii koto wa, nanra fumeiyo de wa nai.

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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
何ら (なんら、なにら)
whatever; what; what sort of; any kind of; nothing whatever (with neg. verb)
不名誉 (ふめいよ)
dishonor; dishonour; disgrace; shame
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-
Meaning: what
Readings: フ、 ブ
Meanings: negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 な、 -な
Meanings: name, noted, distinguished, reputation
Readings: ヨ、 ほま.れ、 ほ.める
Meanings: reputation, praise, honor, glory