幸せは境遇そのものよりもむしろ自分の境遇をいかに見るかにかかっている。

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English Translation

Happiness depends not so much on circumstances as on one's way of looking at one's lot.

Furigana

幸(しあわ)せは境遇(きょうぐう)そのものよりもむしろ自分(じぶん)の境遇(きょうぐう)をいかに見(み)るかにかかっている。

Romanji

Shiawase wa kyōgū sonomono yori mo mushiro jibun no kyōgū o ikani miru ka ni kakatteiru.

Words

幸せ (しあわせ、しやわせ)

happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing

は (は)

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

境遇 (きょうぐう)

environment; circumstances

その物 (そのもの)

the very thing; itself

より (より)

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

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

寧ろ (むしろ)

rather; better; instead

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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

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.

如何に (いかに)

how; in what way; however much; however (e.g. easy, rich, sad); whatever; how much; hey; oi

見る (みる)

to see; to look; to watch; to view; to observe; to look over; to look on; to assess; to examine; to judge; to look after; to keep an eye on; to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try; to try out; to see that...; to find that...

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

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

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on