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This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

徳はそれ自体が報いである。

Sentence Analyzer

それ 自体 報い ある

English Translation

Virtue is its own reward.

Furigana

(とく)はそれ自体(じたい)(むく)いである。

Romanji

Toku wa sore jitai ga mukui de aru.

Words

(とく)
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit; advantage
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
其れ (それ)
that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you
自体 (じたい)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally; by nature; from the start
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
報い (むくい)
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Reading: トク
Meanings: benevolence, virtue, goodness, commanding respect
Readings: ジ、 シ、 みずか.ら、 おの.ずから、 おの.ずと
Meaning: oneself
Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち
Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images
Readings: ホウ、 むく.いる
Meanings: report, news, reward, retribution