若い者が、自分の望むような仕事につけないという、ただ、それだけの理由で、ぶらぶらしているとすれば、それはみっともないだろう。

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English Translation

It would be a shame for a young man to be at loose ends just because he can't get the kind of job he wants.

Furigana

若(わか)い者(もの)が、自分(じぶん)の望(のぞ)むような仕事(しごと)につけないという、ただ、それだけの理由(りゆう)で、ぶらぶらしているとすれば、それはみっともないだろう。

Romanji

Wakai mono ga, jibun no nozomu yōna shigoto ni tsukenai toiu, tada, soredake no riyū de, burabura shiteiru to sureba, sore wa mittomonai darou.

Words

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

自分 (じぶん)

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

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

望む (のぞむ)

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

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

点ける (つける)

to turn on; to switch on; to light up

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

只 (ただ、タダ)

ordinary; common; usual; free of charge; unaffected; as is; safe; only; merely; just; simply; but; however; nevertheless

其れ丈 (それだけ)

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

理由 (りゆう、わけ)

reason; pretext; motive

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.

ぶらぶら (ぶらぶら、ブラブラ)

dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging; strolling; rambling; roaming; wandering; idly; lazily; leisurely; aimlessly; persisting (of an illness)

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

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

は (は)

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

見っともない (みっともない)

shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper

だ (だ)

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