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人生沈む瀬あれば浮かぶ瀬あるわけだから、あまりくよくよしないように。

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人生 沈む あれば 浮かぶ ある わけ から あまり くよくよしない よう

English Translation

Don't be so glum about it. Life has its ups and downs.

Furigana

人生(じんせい)(しず)()あれば()かぶ()あるわけだから、あまりくよくよしないように。

Romanji

Jinsei shizumu se areba ukabu se aru wake da kara, amari kuyokuyoshinai yō ni.

Words

人生 (じんせい)
(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
沈む (しずむ)
to sink; to go under; to submerge; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to descend; to feel depressed
()
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; torrent; position; place; chance; opportunity
有る (ある)
to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about
浮かぶ (うかぶ)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to surface; to come to mind; to have inspiration
(わけ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
から (から)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since
余り (あまり、あんまり)
remainder; rest; balance; remains; scraps; residue; remnant; not very (with negative sentence); not much; surplus; excess; fullness; too much; more than; over
くよくよ (くよくよ)
worrying about; moping; brooding over; fretting
(よう)
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)
()
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

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: チン、 ジン、 しず.む、 しず.める
Meanings: sink, be submerged, subside, be depressed, aloes
Readings: ライ、 せ
Meanings: rapids, current, torrent, shallows, shoal
Readings: フ、 う.く、 う.かれる、 う.かぶ、 む、 う.かべる
Meanings: floating, float, rise to surface