美というのは山の頂上に似ているように私には思われた。そこに着いてしまえば、また下りる以外には何もすることがないのである。

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English Translation

It seemed to me that beauty was like the summit of a mountain peak; when you had reached it there was nothing to do but to come down again.

Furigana

美(び)というのは山(やま)の頂上(ちょうじょう)に似(に)ているように私(わたし)には思(おも)われた。そこに着(つ)いてしまえば、また下(お)りる以外(いがい)には何(なに)もすることがないのである。

Romanji

Bi toiu no wa yama no chōjō ni niteiru yōni watashi ni wa omowareta. soko ni tsuiteshimaeba, mata oriru igaini wa nani mo suru koto ga nai no de aru.

Words

美 (び)

beauty

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

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

は (は)

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

山 (やま)

mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw); tread (of a tire); protruding part of an object; climax; peak; critical point; guess; speculation; criminal case; crime; mountain climbing; mountaineering; festival float (esp. one mounted with a decorative halberd); wall; wall tile; temple; temple grounds; wild

頂上 (ちょうじょう)

top; summit; peak

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

似る (にる)

to resemble; to look like; to take after; to be similar (in status, condition, etc.); to be close; to be alike; to be like

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

私 (わたし、わたくし)

I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

其処 (そこ)

there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); you

着く (つく)

to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

降りる (おりる)

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount; to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to be granted; to be issued; to be given; to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.); to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

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

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...