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本当に大事なのは、財産ではなく、人間である。

Sentence Analyzer

本当に 大事な 財産 なく 人間 ある

English Translation

It is not what a man has but what he is that is really important.

Furigana

本当(ほんとう)大事(だいじ)なのは、財産(ざいさん)ではなく、人間(にんげん)である。

Romanji

Hontōni daijina no wa, zaisan de wa naku, ningen de aru.

Words

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)
really; truly
大事 (だいじ、おおごと)
important; valuable; serious matter
()
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
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
財産 (ざいさん)
property; fortune; assets
(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.
無い (ない)
nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...
人間 (にんげん)
human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...

Kanji

Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 おお-、 おお.きい、 -おお.いに
Meanings: large, big
Readings: ジ、 ズ、 こと、 つか.う、 つか.える
Meanings: matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
Readings: ザイ、 サイ、 ゾク、 たから
Meanings: property, money, wealth, assets
Readings: サン、 う.む、 う.まれる、 うぶ-、 む.す
Meanings: products, bear, give birth, yield, childbirth, native, property
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space