青い色は喜びの源として神によって永久に定められている。

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English Translation

God appointed blue to be an everlasting source of delight.

Furigana

青(あお)い色(いろ)は喜(よろこ)びの源(みなもと)として神(かみ)によって永久(えいきゅう)に定(さだ)められている。

Romanji

Aoi iro wa yorokobi no minamoto toshite kami niyotte eikyū ni sadamerareteiru.

Words

青い (あおい)

blue; green; pale; unripe; inexperienced

色 (いろ)

colour; color; complexion; appearance; look; love; lust; sensuality; love affair; lover; kind; type; variety

は (は)

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

喜び (よろこび)

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

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

源 (みなもと)

source; origin

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

神 (かみ、かむ、かん)

god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami; incredible; fantastic; emperor of Japan; thunder

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

永久 (えいきゅう、とこしえ、とわ)

eternity; perpetuity; immortality; Eikyuu era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)

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

定める (さだめる)

to decide; to establish; to determine