他力本願じゃだめだよ。自分でなんとかしようという気持ちがなくちゃ。

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English Translation

You shouldn't rely on others. It's important to want to help yourself.

Furigana

他力本願(たりきほんがん)じゃだめだよ。自分(じぶん)でなんとかしようという気持(きも)ちがなくちゃ。

Romanji

Tarikihongan ja dame da yo. jibun de nantoka shiyou toiu kimochi ga naku cha.

Words

他力本願 (たりきほんがん)

salvation by faith in Amitabha; relying upon others for attaining one's own objective

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

駄目 (だめ、ダメ)

no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; cannot; must not; not allowed

だ (だ)

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

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

何とか (なんとか)

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another

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

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

気持ち (きもち)

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

が (が)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

茶 (ちゃ)

tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; mockery