犬を他人に任せるくらいなら、全然飼わない方がましだ。

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English Translation

You may as well not keep a dog at all as leave it to someone else.

Furigana

犬(いぬ)を他人(たにん)に任(まか)せるくらいなら、全然(ぜんぜん)飼(か)わない方(ほう)がましだ。

Romanji

Inu o tanin ni makaseru kurai nara, zenzen kawanai hō ga mashi da.

Words

犬 (いぬ)

dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.); loser; asshole; counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful

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.

他人 (たにん、ひと、あだびと)

another person; other people; others; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger

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

任せる (まかせる)

to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done

くらい (くらい、ぐらい)

approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like

だ (だ)

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

全然 (ぜんぜん)

not at all (with neg. verb); wholly; entirely; completely

飼う (かう)

to keep (a pet or other animal); to raise; to have; to own; to feed

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