詩人は死を眠りにたとえることが多い。

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詩人 眠り たとえる こと 多い

English Translation

Poets often compare death to sleep.

Furigana

詩人(しじん)()(ねむ)りにたとえることが(おお)い。

Romanji

Shijin wa shi o nemuri ni tatoeru koto ga ōi.

Words

詩人 (しじん)
poet
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
()
death; decease; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation)
()
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.
眠り (ねむり、ねぶり)
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
()
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
例える (たとえる)
to compare; to liken; to speak figuratively; to illustrate; to use a simile
(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
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
多い (おおい)
many; numerous

Kanji

Readings: シ、 うた
Meanings: poem, poetry
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
Meanings: death, die
Readings: ミン、 ねむ.る、 ねむ.い
Meanings: sleep, die, sleepy
Readings: タ、 おお.い、 まさ.に、 まさ.る
Meanings: many, frequent, much