情報がないより悪い知らせでもあるほうがまだましだ。

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English Translation

Bad news is preferable to an absence of information.

Furigana

情報(じょうほう)がないより悪(わる)い知(し)らせでもあるほうがまだましだ。

Romanji

Jōhō ga nai yori warui shirase de mo aru hō ga mada mashi da.

Words

情報 (じょうほう)

information; news; intelligence; advices; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.

が (が)

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

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 ...

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

悪い (わるい)

bad; poor; inferior; evil; sinful; unprofitable; unbeneficial; at fault; to blame; in the wrong; sorry

知らせ (しらせ)

notice; notification

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

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

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

未だ (まだ、いまだ)

as yet; hitherto; only; still; not yet (with negative verb); more; besides; unfinished; incomplete; not yet finished with

増し (まし、マシ)

better; less objectionable; preferable; more; increase; extra; increase; growth

だ (だ)

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