人は二人の主人に従うことはできない。

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人 は 二 人 の 主人 に 従う こと は できない 。

English Translation

No man can serve two masters.

Furigana

人(ひと)は二(に)人(にん)の主人(しゅじん)に従(したが)うことはできない。

Romanji

Hito wa ni nin no shujin ni shitagau koto wa dekinai.

Words

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

二 (に、ふた、ふ、ふう)

two

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

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

主人 (しゅじん)

head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host; hostess

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

従う (したがう)

to abide (by the rules); to obey; to follow; to accompany

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

Kanji

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

二

Readings: ニ、 ジ、 ふた、 ふた.つ、 ふたたび

Meanings: two, two radical (no.2)

主

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ

Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

従

Readings: ジュウ、 ショウ、 ジュ、 したが.う、 したが.える、 より

Meanings: accompany, obey, submit to, comply, follow, secondary, incidental, subordinate