問題に没頭すれば、油が風波をしずめるように、かんたんに、その問題がとける。

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English Translation

Sleeping on a problem solves it as easily as pouring oil on troubled waters.

Furigana

問題(もんだい)に没頭(ぼっとう)すれば、油(あぶら)が風波(ふうは)をしずめるように、かんたんに、その問題(もんだい)がとける。

Romanji

Mondai ni bottōsureba, abura ga fūha o shizumeru yōni, kanta n ni, sono mondai ga tokeru.

Words

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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

没頭 (ぼっとう)

immersing oneself; devoting oneself; giving oneself up entirely to

油 (あぶら)

oil

が (が)

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

風波 (ふうは)

wind and waves; rough seas; storm; dispute; quarrel; trouble

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.

静める (しずめる)

to appease; to suppress; to calm

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

擤む (かむ)

to blow (one's nose)

ん (ん)

yes; yeah; uh huh; negative verb ending used in informal speech (abbr. of negative verb ending "nu"); abbr. of particle "no"; abbr. of particle "ni" (used especially when it precedes the verb "naru")

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...

解ける (とける)

to be solved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (e.g. restrictions); to be cleared (e.g. misunderstandings); to be broken (e.g. spells, curses); to melt