染物屋が黒くできないほど白い羊毛はない。

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染物屋 が 黒く できない ほど 白い 羊毛 は ない 。

English Translation

There is no wool so white that a dyer can't make it black.

Furigana

染物屋(そめものや)が黒(くろ)くできないほど白(しろ)い羊毛(ようもう)はない。

Romanji

Somemonoya ga kuroku dekinai hodo shiroi yōmō wa nai.

Words

染め物屋 (そめものや)

dyer; dye house

が (が)

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

黒い (くろい)

black; dark; illicit; wicked; underground

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

白い (しろい)

white

羊毛 (ようもう)

wool

は (は)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

Kanji

染

Readings: セン、 そ.める、 -ぞ.め、 -ぞめ、 そ.まる、 し.みる、 -じ.みる、 し.み、 -し.める

Meanings: dye, color, paint, stain, print

物

Readings: ブツ、 モツ、 もの、 もの-

Meanings: thing, object, matter

屋

Readings: オク、 や

Meanings: roof, house, shop, dealer, seller

黒

Readings: コク、 くろ、 くろ.ずむ、 くろ.い

Meaning: black

白

Readings: ハク、 ビャク、 しろ、 しら-、 しろ.い

Meaning: white

羊

Readings: ヨウ、 ひつじ

Meaning: sheep

毛

Readings: モウ、 け

Meanings: fur, hair, feather, down