男は幸運の絶頂にあるときくらい試練の場に立たされている時はない。

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English Translation

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Furigana

男(おとこ)は幸運(こううん)の絶頂(ぜっちょう)にあるときくらい試練(しれん)の場(ば)に立(た)たされている時(とき)はない。

Romanji

Otoko wa kōun no zetchō ni aru toki kurai shiren no ba ni tatasareteiru toki wa nai.

Words

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

は (は)

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

幸運 (こううん)

good luck; fortune

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

絶頂 (ぜっちょう)

top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; zenith; climax

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

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

とき (とき)

regular (stops at every station) Jouetsu-line Shinkansen

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

試練 (しれん)

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

場 (ば)

place; spot; space; field; discipline; sphere; realm; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.); session (of the stock market); area in which cards are laid out (in a card game); round (i.e. east, south, etc.); field; field (gestalt psychology)

立たす (たたす)

to help a person stand; to get someone to their feet; to raise; to rouse

時 (とき)

time; hour; moment; occasion; case; chance; opportunity; season; the times; the age; the day; tense

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix