水の価値は井戸がかれて始めて分かる。

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水の価値は井戸がかれて始めて分かる。

English Translation

We never know the worth of water till the well is dry.

Furigana

水(みず)の価値(かち)は井戸(いど)がかれて始(はじ)めて分(わ)かる。

Romanji

Mizu no kachi wa ido ga karetehajimete wakaru.

Words

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

は (は)

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

井戸 (いど)

water well

が (が)

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

枯れる (かれる)

to wither (of a plant); to be blasted; to die; to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)

分かる (わかる)

to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to see; to get; to follow; to become clear; to be known; to be discovered; to be realized; to be realised; to be found out