あなたの友人が親切にもあなたに自分の欠点を気づかせてくれたならば、その言葉を快く、そしてまた感謝して受け入れなさい。

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English Translation

If your friend reminds you kindly of your faults, take what he says not only pleasantly, but thankfully.

Furigana

あなたの友人(ゆうじん)が親切(しんせつ)にもあなたに自分(じぶん)の欠点(けってん)を気(き)づかせてくれたならば、その言葉(ことば)を快(こころよ)く、そしてまた感謝(かんしゃ)して受(う)け入(い)れなさい。

Romanji

Anata no yūjin ga shinsetsu ni mo anata ni jibun no ketten o kizukasetekureta naraba, sono kotoba o kokoroyoku, soshite mata kanshashite ukeire nasai.

Words

貴方 (あなた)

you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)

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

友人 (ゆうじん)

friend

が (が)

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

親切 (しんせつ)

kindness; gentleness

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

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

自分 (じぶん)

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

欠点 (けってん)

fault; defect; flaw; weak point; weakness; shortcoming; drawback; failure (in an examination); failing grade

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.

気付く (きづく)

to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize; to realise

だ (だ)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

快い (こころよい)

pleasant; agreeable

然して (そして、しかして)

and; and then; thus; and now

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

感謝 (かんしゃ)

thanks; gratitude

受け入れる (うけいれる)

to accept; to receive; to agree