小人はつまらないことに興ずる。
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English Translation
Small things amuse small minds.
Furigana
Romanji
Kodomo wa tsumaranai koto ni kyōzuru.
Words
小人
(しょうにん、こびと、しょうじん、こども)
child; small person; dwarf; midget; narrow-minded person; mean person
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
詰らない
(つまらない)
dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; foolish; silly; stupid; useless; pointless; disappointing
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
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
興ずる
(きょうずる)
to amuse oneself; to make merry