女房の尻にしかれている亭主は、幸せな独り者に話してはじめて、自分の問題を認識することがたびたびだ。

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English Translation

Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.

Furigana

女房(にょうぼう)の尻(しり)にしかれている亭主(ていしゅ)は、幸(しあわ)せな独(ひと)り者(もの)に話(はな)してはじめて、自分(じぶん)の問題(もんだい)を認識(にんしき)することがたびたびだ。

Romanji

Nyōbō no shiri ni shikareteiru teishu wa, shiawasena hitorimono ni hanashitehajimete, jibun no mondai o ninshikisuru koto ga tabitabi da.

Words

女房 (にょうぼう、にょうぼ、にゅうぼう)

wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; woman who served at the imperial palace; woman (esp. as a love interest)

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

尻 (しり)

buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; undersurface; bottom; last place; end; consequence

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

亭主 (ていしゅ)

household head; master; host (e.g. of a tea gathering); innkeeper; owner (e.g. of an hotel); husband

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

幸せ (しあわせ、しやわせ)

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

独り者 (ひとりもの)

single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone

話す (はなす)

to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

問題 (もんだい)

question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; issue; subject (e.g. of research); case; matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion; controversy; trouble; problem; inconvenience; difficulty

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.

認識 (にんしき)

recognition; cognizance; cognisance; knowledge; realization; realisation; awareness; perception

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

が (が)

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

度々 (たびたび)

often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

だ (だ)

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