自分に「できそこない」のレッテルを貼って生きていくのは辛いことだ。

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English Translation

It's hard to live with the knowledge that you are a failure.

Furigana

自分(じぶん)に「できそこない」のレッテルを貼(は)って生(い)きていくのは辛(つら)いことだ。

Romanji

Jibun ni" deki sokonai" no retteru o hatte ikiteiku no wa tsurai koto da.

Words

自分 (じぶん)

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

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

損なう (そこなう)

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to fail in doing

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

レッテル (レッテル)

label; sticker

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.

張る (はる)

to stick; to paste; to affix; to link (e.g. in WWW forums); to stretch; to spread; to strain; to tighten; to put up (tent); to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell; to stick out; to put; to slap; to be expensive; to become one tile away from completion

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

は (は)

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

辛い (からい)

spicy; hot; salty; harsh (criticism); severe (punishment); strict; painful; bitter; difficult; tough

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