好奇心が猫を殺した。

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好奇心 が 猫 を 殺した 。

English Translation

Curiosity killed the cat.

Furigana

好奇心(こうきしん)が猫(ねこ)を殺(ころ)した。

Romanji

Kōkishin ga neko o koroshita.

Words

好奇心 (こうきしん)

curiosity; inquisitiveness

が (が)

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

猫 (ねこ、ネコ)

cat; shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship

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.

殺す (ころす)

to kill

Kanji

好

Readings: コウ、 この.む、 す.く、 よ.い、 い.い

Meanings: fond, pleasing, like something

奇

Readings: キ、 く.しき、 あや.しい、 くし、 めずら.しい

Meanings: strange, strangeness, curiosity

心

Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ

Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)

猫

Readings: ビョウ、 ねこ

Meaning: cat

殺

Readings: サツ、 サイ、 セツ、 ころ.す、 -ごろ.し、 そ.ぐ

Meanings: kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil