小さな火花はしばしば大きな炎を起こす。

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小さな火花はしばしば大きな炎を起こす。

English Translation

A small spark often kindles a large flame.

Furigana

小(ちい)さな火花(ひばな)はしばしば大(おお)きな炎(ほのお)を起(お)こす。

Romanji

Chiisana hibana wa shibashiba ōkina honoo o okosu.

Words

小さな (ちいさな)

small; little; tiny

火花 (ひばな)

spark

は (は)

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

しばしば (しばしば、シバシバ、しぱしぱ、シパシパ)

(blinking) repeatedly

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

炎 (ほのお、ほむら)

flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion

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.

起こす (おこす)

to raise; to raise up; to set up; to pick up; to wake; to wake up; to waken; to awaken; to cause; to bring about; to lead to; to trigger; to give rise to; to create; to generate (e.g. heat, electricity); to produce; to start; to begin; to launch; to establish; to found; to set up; to open; to plough; to plow; to till; to fall ill with; to transcribe; to write down (what is spoken); to turn over (a card)