天才は1パーセントが霊感であり、99パーセントは精進である。
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English Translation
Genius is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration.
Furigana
Romanji
Tensai wa ichi pa-sento ga reikan de ari, kyū kyū pa-sento wa shōjin de aru.
Words
天才
(てんさい)
genius; prodigy; natural gift
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.)
パーセント
(パーセント)
percent; percentage
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
霊感
(れいかん)
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
九
(きゅう、く、ここの、この、ここ)
nine
精進
(しょうじん、そうじん、しょうじ、そうじ)
concentration; diligence; devotion; asceticism; zeal in one's quest for enlightenment; adherence to a vegetarian diet
Kanji
Readings: テン、 あまつ、 あめ、 あま-
Meanings: heavens, sky, imperial
Reading: サイ
Meanings: genius, years old, cubic shaku
Readings: レイ、 リョウ、 たま
Meanings: spirits, soul
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 シヤウ
Meanings: refined, ghost, fairy, energy, vitality, semen, excellence, purity, skill
Readings: シン、 すす.む、 すす.める
Meanings: advance, proceed, progress, promote