お年寄りを助けるくらいの優しい気持ちを持ちなさい。

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English Translation

Be so kind as to help the old.

Furigana

お年寄(としよ)りを助(たす)けるくらいの優(やさ)しい気持(きも)ちを持(も)ちなさい。

Romanji

O toshiyori o tasukeru kurai no yasashii kimochi o mochi nasai.

Words

御 (お、おん)

honorific/polite/humble prefix

年寄り (としより)

old people; the aged; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

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.

助ける (たすける)

to help; to save; to rescue; to give relief to; to spare (life); to reinforce; to promote; to abet

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

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

優しい (やさしい)

tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable

気持ち (きもち)

feeling; sensation; mood; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thanks; solicitude; sympathy; just a little; somewhat; slightly

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

為さる (なさる)

to do