怒りっぽい人は１０まで数えるようにすべきだ。そうすれば油が風波をしずめるように、むしゃくしゃした気持ちはおさまる。

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English Translation

A man who angers easily should learn to count to ten - it calms trouble like pouring oil on troubled waters.

Furigana

怒(いか)りっぽい人(ひと)は１０まで数(かぞ)えるようにすべきだ。そうすれば油(あぶら)が風波(ふうは)をしずめるように、むしゃくしゃした気持(きも)ちはおさまる。

Romanji

Ikari ppoi hito wa ichi zero made kazoeru yō ni su beki da. sō sureba abura ga fūha o shizumeru yōni, mushakusha shita kimochi wa osamaru.

Words

怒り (いかり)

anger; rage; fury; wrath; indignation

っぽい (っぽい、ぽい)

-ish; -like; tossing something out; throwing something away

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

一 (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

迄 (まで)

until (a time); till; to; up to; to (a place); as far as; to (an extent); up to; so far as; even; only; merely

数える (かぞえる)

to count; to enumerate

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

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

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

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

油 (あぶら)

oil

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

風波 (ふうは)

wind and waves; rough seas; storm; dispute; quarrel; trouble

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.

静める (しずめる)

to appease; to suppress; to calm

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

むしゃくしゃ (むしゃくしゃ)

vexed; irritated; fretful; in ill humour; in ill humor; in a temper; shaggy; bushy; ragged; rugged

気持ち (きもち)

feeling; sensation; mood; preparedness; readiness; attitude; thanks; solicitude; sympathy; just a little; somewhat; slightly

治まる (おさまる)

to be at peace; to clamp down; to lessen (storm, terror, anger)