労働はただ単に必要なものであるばかりか、楽しみでもある。

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English Translation

Labor is not merely a necessity but a pleasure.

Furigana

労働(ろうどう)はただ単(たん)に必要(ひつよう)なものであるばかりか、楽(たの)しみでもある。

Romanji

Rōdō wa tada tanni hitsuyōna mono de aru bakari ka, tanoshimi de mo aru.

Words

労働 (ろうどう)

manual labor; manual labour; toil; work; Labour Party

は (は)

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

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

単に (たんに)

simply; merely; only; solely

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

楽しみ (たのしみ)

enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby; anticipation; looking forward to

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about