結婚には多くの苦悩があるが、独身には何の喜びもない。

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English Translation

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Furigana

結婚(けっこん)には多(おお)くの苦悩(くのう)があるが、独身(どくしん)には何(なに)の喜(よろこ)びもない。

Romanji

Kekkon ni wa ōku no kunō ga aru ga, dokushin ni wa nani no yorokobi mo nai.

Words

結婚 (けっこん)

marriage

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

は (は)

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

多く (おおく)

many; much; largely; abundantly; mostly

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

苦悩 (くのう)

suffering; distress; affliction; anguish; agony; trouble

が (が)

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

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

独身 (どくしん)

bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

喜び (よろこび)

joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing; congratulations; felicitations

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

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix