魂なき肉体が人間でないのと同様に、愛なき家庭は決して家庭ではない。

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English Translation

A house without love is no more a home than a body without a soul is a man.

Furigana

魂(たましい)なき肉体(にくたい)が人間(にんげん)でないのと同様(どうよう)に、愛(あい)なき家庭(かてい)は決(けっ)して家庭(かてい)ではない。

Romanji

Tamashii naki nikutai ga ningen denai no to dōyō ni, ai naki katei wa kesshite katei de wa nai.

Words

魂 (たましい、だましい、たま)

soul; spirit

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 ...

肉体 (にくたい)

the body; the flesh

が (が)

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

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

だ (だ)

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

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

と (と)

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

同様 (どうよう)

identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity

に (に)

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

愛 (あい)

love; affection; care; attachment; craving; desire

家庭 (かてい)

home; family; household

は (は)

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

決して (けっして、けして)

never; by no means; not in the least; in no way

で (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.

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix