命のある間は希望がある。

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命 の ある 間 は 希望 が ある 。

English Translation

While there is life, there is hope.

Furigana

命(いのち)のある間(ま)は希望(きぼう)がある。

Romanji

Inochi no aru ma wa kibō ga aru.

Words

命 (いのち)

life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation; core; paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love); fate; destiny; karma

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

間 (ま)

space; room; time; pause

は (は)

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

希望 (きぼう)

hope; wish; aspiration

が (が)

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

Kanji

命

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち

Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

希

Readings: キ、 ケ、 まれ

Meanings: hope, beg, request, pray, beseech, Greece, dilute (acid), rare, few, phenomenal

望

Readings: ボウ、 モウ、 のぞ.む、 もち

Meanings: ambition, full moon, hope, desire, aspire to, expect