どんなに財産があっても、貪欲な人間は満足できない。世界中の財宝を集めても幸福にはなれない。

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English Translation

No amount of wealth can satisfy a covetous man. Not all the treasure in the world makes him happy.

Furigana

どんなに財産(ざいさん)があっても、貪欲(どんよく)な人間(にんげん)は満足(まんぞく)できない。世界中(せかいじゅう)の財宝(ざいほう)を集(あつ)めても幸福(こうふく)にはなれない。

Romanji

Donnani zaisan ga atte mo, don'yokuna ningen wa manzoku dekinai. sekaijū no zaihō o atsumete mo kōfuku ni wa narenai.

Words

どんなに (どんなに)

how; how much

財産 (ざいさん)

property; fortune; assets

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

貪欲 (どんよく、とんよく、たんよく)

avarice; greed; covetousness; raga (desire)

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

は (は)

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

満足 (まんぞく)

satisfaction; contentment; complacency; sufficient; enough; adequate; proper

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

世界中 (せかいじゅう、せかいちゅう)

around the world; throughout the world

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

財宝 (ざいほう)

treasure

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.

集める (あつめる)

to collect; to assemble; to gather

幸福 (こうふく)

happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being

に (に)

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

慣れる (なれる)

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated