人間がどのように死ぬか、死に方が問題ではなくて、どのように生きるか、生き方にある。

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English Translation

It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)がどのように死(し)ぬか、死(し)に方(かた)が問題(もんだい)ではなくて、どのように生(い)きるか、生(い)き方(かた)にある。

Romanji

Ningen ga dono yōni shinu ka, shinikata ga mondai de wa nakute, dono yōni ikiru ka, ikikata ni aru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

が (が)

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

何の (どの)

which; what (way)

様に (ように)

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

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

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

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

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

は (は)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

生き方 (いきかた)

way of life; how to live

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

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