友を永遠に失うくらいならばその友達のことを我慢しなさい。

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English Translation

Have patience with a friend rather than lose him forever.

Furigana

友(とも)を永遠(えいえん)に失(うしな)うくらいならばその友達(ともだち)のことを我慢(がまん)しなさい。

Romanji

Tomo o eien ni ushinau kurai naraba sono tomodachi no koto o gamanshi nasai.

Words

友 (とも)

friend; companion; comrade; pal

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.

永遠 (えいえん)

eternity; perpetuity; immortality; permanence

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

失う (うしなう)

to lose; to part with

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

だ (だ)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

友達 (ともだち)

friend; companion

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

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

我慢 (がまん)

patience; endurance; perseverance; tolerance; self-control; self-denial

為さる (なさる)

to do