結婚前は両眼を大きく見開いておれ、その後は、その半ばを閉じよ。

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English Translation

Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, half shut afterwards.

Furigana

結婚(けっこん)前(まえ)は両(りょう)眼(め)を大(おお)きく見開(みひら)いておれ、その後(ご)は、その半(なか)ばを閉(と)じよ。

Romanji

Kekkon mae wa ryō me o ōkiku mihiraite ore, sonogo wa, sono nakaba o tojiyo.

Words

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

前 (まえ)

ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour); in front (of); before (e.g. the house); head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part; in the presence of; helping; portion; privates; private parts

は (は)

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

両 (りょう)

both (e.g. both shoulders, etc.); ryo (obsolete unit of currency); 41-42 g (one sixteenth of a kin); 2 tan (measure of fabric size); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

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.

大きい (おおきい)

big; large; great; loud

見開く (みひらく)

to open one's eyes wide

俺 (おれ、おらあ、おり)

I; me

その後 (そのご、そのあと、そののち)

after that; afterwards; thereafter

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

半ば (なかば)

middle; half; semi; halfway; partly

閉じる (とじる)

to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut