死ぬことより苦しむことの方が勇気を要する。

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English Translation

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Furigana

死(し)ぬことより苦(くる)しむことの方(ほう)が勇気(ゆうき)を要(よう)する。

Romanji

Shinu koto yori kurushimu koto no hō ga yūki o yōsuru.

Words

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

事 (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

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

苦しむ (くるしむ)

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

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

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

が (が)

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

勇気 (ゆうき)

courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness

を (を)

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.

要 (よう)

cornerstone; main point; keystone; requirement; need; necessary; required