そんなことをするくらいなら飢え死にしたほうがましだ。
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English Translation
I might as well starve as do such a thing.
Furigana
そんなことをするくらいなら飢 え死 にしたほうがましだ。
Romanji
Sonna koto o suru kurai nara uejinishita hō ga mashi da.
Words
そんな
(そんな)
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
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
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.
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
くらい
(くらい、ぐらい)
approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
飢え死に
(うえじに、かつえじに)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
切っ先
(きっさき、ほう)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
増し
(まし、マシ)
better; less objectionable; preferable; more; increase; extra; increase; growth