受けるより与える方が幸いである。

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受けるより与える方が幸いである。

English Translation

It is more blessed to give than to receive.

Furigana

受(う)けるより与(あた)える方(ほう)が幸(さいわ)いである。

Romanji

Ukeru yori ataeru hō ga saiwai de aru.

Words

受ける (うける)

to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to suffer (an injury); to feel (influence); to undergo (e.g. surgery); to take (a test); to accept (a challenge); to be given (e.g. life, talent); to follow; to succeed; to be descended from; to face (south, etc.); to be modified by; to obtain (a pawned item, etc.) by paying a fee; to be well-received; to become popular; to go down well

より (より)

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

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

幸い (さいわい)

happiness; blessedness; luck; fortune; felicity; luckily; fortunately

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...