美人薄命とはいうけれど。ということは、内のかみさんは長生きだな。

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English Translation

Beautiful women die young - or so the saying goes. If so then my wife is going to live a long life.

Furigana

美人(びじん)薄命(はくめい)とはいうけれど。ということは、内(うち)のかみさんは長生(ながい)きだな。

Romanji

Bijin hakumei to wa iu keredo. toiu koto wa, uchi no kamisan wa nagaiki da na.

Words

美人 (びじん)

beautiful person (woman)

薄命 (はくめい)

misfortune; short life; evil fate

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

は (は)

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

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

けど (けど、けれども、けれど、けども、けんど)

but; however; although

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

事 (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

内 (うち)

inside; within; while; among; amongst; between; we (referring to one's in-group, i.e. company, etc.); our; my spouse; imperial palace grounds; emperor; I (primarily used by women and children); me

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

上さん (かみさん)

(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady

長生き (ながいき)

longevity; long life

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition