人々は金持ちであるか貧乏であるかによって物事の見方がちがう。

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English Translation

People see things differently according as they are rich or poor.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)は金持(かねも)ちであるか貧乏(びんぼう)であるかによって物事(ものごと)の見方(みかた)がちがう。

Romanji

Hitobito wa kanemochi de aru ka binbō de aru ka niyotte monogoto no mikata ga chigau.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

は (は)

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

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

に因って (によって)

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

物事 (ものごと)

things; everything

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

見方 (みかた)

viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

が (が)

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

違う (ちがう)

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?; wasn't it?