取り越し苦労はするな。

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取り越し苦労 は する な 。

English Translation

If the sky falls we shall catch larks.

Furigana

取(と)り越(こ)し苦労(ぐろう)はするな。

Romanji

Torikoshigurō wa suru na.

Words

取り越し苦労 (とりこしぐろう)

overanxiety; needless worry

は (は)

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

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

な (な)

(sentence end, mainly masc.) indicates emotion or emphasis; (used with masu stem verb) command; (used with dictionary form verb) prohibition

Kanji

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

越

Readings: エツ、 オツ、 こ.す、 -こ.す、 -ご.し、 こ.える、 -ご.え

Meanings: surpass, cross over, move to, exceed, Vietnam

苦

Readings: ク、 くる.しい、 -ぐる.しい、 くる.しむ、 くる.しめる、 にが.い、 にが.る

Meanings: suffering, trial, worry, hardship, feel bitter, scowl

労

Readings: ロウ、 ろう.する、 いたわ.る、 いた.ずき、 ねぎら、 つか.れる、 ねぎら.う

Meanings: labor, thank for, reward for, toil, trouble