金持ちか貧乏かによって、ものの見方が違うものだ。

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English Translation

We see things differently according to whether we are rich or poor.

Furigana

金持(かねも)ちか貧乏(びんぼう)かによって、ものの見方(みかた)が違(ちが)うものだ。

Romanji

Kanemochi ka binbō ka niyotte, mono no mikata ga chigau mono da.

Words

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

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

貧乏 (びんぼう)

poverty; destitute; poor

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

者 (もの、もん)

person

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

見方 (みかた)

viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)

が (が)

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

違う (ちがう)

to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?; wasn't it?

だ (だ)

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