この世で大切なことは、今、自分がどこにいるかということよりも、むしろどの方向に向かって進んでいるかということであると思う。

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English Translation

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.

Furigana

この世(よ)で大切(たいせつ)なことは、今(いま)、自分(じぶん)がどこにいるかということよりも、むしろどの方向(ほうこう)に向(む)かって進(すす)んでいるかということであると思(おも)う。

Romanji

Konoyo de taisetsuna koto wa, ima, jibun ga doko ni iru ka toiu koto yori mo, mushiro dono hōkō ni mukatte susundeiru ka toiu koto de aru to omou.

Words

この世 (このよ)

this world; the present life (in contrast to the land of the dead)

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

大切 (たいせつ、たいせち)

important; necessary; indispensable; beloved; precious; dear; cherished; valuable; careful

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

は (は)

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

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

が (が)

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

何処 (どこ、いずこ、いずく、いづこ、いどこ)

where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent

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

要る (いる)

to need; to want

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

と言う (という、とゆう)

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

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

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

寧ろ (むしろ)

rather; better; instead

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

方向 (ほうこう)

direction; orientation; bearing; way; course (e.g. of action)

向かう (むかう)

to face; to go towards

荒む (すさむ)

to grow wild; to run to waste

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

と (と)

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

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