人はどんなに金持ちでも怠けているべきではない。

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English Translation

No matter how rich a man may be, he ought not to be idle.

Furigana

人(ひと)はどんなに金持(かねも)ちでも怠(なま)けているべきではない。

Romanji

Hito wa donnani kanemochi de mo namaketeiru beki de wa nai.

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

どんなに (どんなに)

how; how much

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

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.

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

怠ける (なまける)

to be idle; to slacken; to neglect (e.g. one's work)

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

だ (だ)

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix