心配して何の役に立つのか。

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心配して 何 の 役に立つ の か 。

English Translation

What is the use of worrying?

Furigana

心配(しんぱい)して何(なに)の役(やく)に立(た)つのか。

Romanji

Shinpaishite nani no yakunitatsu no ka.

Words

心配 (しんぱい)

worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid; assistance

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

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

役に立つ (やくにたつ)

to be helpful; to be useful

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

Kanji

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

配

Readings: ハイ、 くば.る

Meanings: distribute, spouse, exile, rationing

何

Readings: カ、 なに、 なん、 なに-、 なん-

Meaning: what

役

Readings: ヤク、 エキ

Meanings: duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role

立

Readings: リツ、 リュウ、 リットル、 た.つ、 -た.つ、 た.ち-、 た.てる、 -た.てる、 た.て-、 たて-、 -た.て、 -だ.て、 -だ.てる

Meanings: stand up, rise, set up, erect