あなたが船乗りになろうがなるまいが、私にとっては同じことだ。
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English Translation
It's all the same to me whether you will go to sea or not.
Furigana
あなたが船乗 りになろうがなるまいが、私 にとっては同 じことだ。
Romanji
Anata ga funanori ni narou ga naru mai ga, watashi nitotte wa onaji koto da.
Words
貴方
(あなた)
you (referring to someone of equal or lower status); dear (what a wife calls a husband)
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
船乗り
(ふなのり)
getting on board; sailor; seaman
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
成る
(なる)
to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...
まい
(まい)
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
私
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
に取って
(にとって)
to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
同じ
(おなじ、おんなじ)
same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case
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
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative