人が人生を航海にたとえるのをよく聞くでしょう。

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English Translation

You often hear people compare life to voyage, don't you?

Furigana

人(ひと)が人生(じんせい)を航海(こうかい)にたとえるのをよく聞(き)くでしょう。

Romanji

Hito ga jinsei o kōkai ni tatoeru no o yoku kiku deshō.

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

が (が)

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

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

航海 (こうかい)

sail; voyage

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

例える (たとえる)

to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile

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

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

聞く (きく)

to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to query; to learn of; to hear about; to follow (advice); to comply with; to smell (esp. incense); to sample fragrance

デス (デス)

death