思いがけない大きな財産がころがりこんでくると信じることは、根も葉もないことだ。

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English Translation

To believe that an unexpected big fortune will come your way is to build a castle in Spain.

Furigana

思(おも)いがけない大(おお)きな財産(ざいさん)がころがりこんでくると信(しん)じることは、根(ね)も葉(は)もないことだ。

Romanji

Omoigakenai ōkina zaisan ga korogarikondekuru to shinjiru koto wa, ne mo ha mo nai koto da.

Words

思いがけない (おもいがけない)

unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

財産 (ざいさん)

property; fortune; assets

が (が)

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

転がり込む (ころがりこむ)

to roll in; to tumble into; to visit (esp. to stay overnight as an unwanted guest); to come to live with; to fall in one's way; to fall into one's lap

と (と)

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

信じる (しんじる)

to believe; to believe in; to place trust in; to confide in; to have faith in

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

は (は)

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

根 (ね)

root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root root (of all evil, etc.); source; origin; cause; basis; one's true nature; (fishing) reef

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

葉 (は)

leaf

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

だ (だ)

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