100里を行く者は99里を半ばとする。

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行く 半ば する

English Translation

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

Furigana

100(さと)()(もの)は99(さと)(なか)ばとする。

Romanji

Ichi zero zero sato o iku mono wa kyū kyū sato o nakaba to suru.

Words

(いち)
one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
(まる)
circle (sometimes used for zero); 'correct' (when marking); symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); period; full stop; maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound
(さと)
village; hamlet; countryside; country; home (of one's parents, etc.); hometown; one's origins; one's upbringing; one's past
()
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.
行く (いく、ゆく)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to head (towards); to be transported (towards); to reach; to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk; to die; to pass away; to do (in a specific way); to stream; to flow; to continue; to have an orgasm; to come; to cum; to trip; to get high; to have a drug-induced hallucination
(もの、もん)
person
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
半ば (なかば)
middle; half; semi; halfway; partly
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
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

Kanji

Readings: リ、 さと
Meanings: ri, village, parent's home, league
Readings: コウ、 ギョウ、 アン、 い.く、 ゆ.く、 -ゆ.き、 -ゆき、 -い.き、 -いき、 おこな.う、 おこ.なう
Meanings: going, journey, carry out, conduct, act, line, row, bank
Readings: シャ、 もの
Meanings: someone, person
Readings: ハン、 なか.ば
Meanings: half, middle, odd number, semi-, part-