気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

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気の弱い男が美女を得たためしがない。

English Translation

Faint heart never won fair lady.

Furigana

気(き)の弱(よわ)い男(おとこ)が美女(びじょ)を得(え)たためしがない。

Romanji

Ki no yowai otoko ga bijo o eta tame shiganai.

Words

気 (き)

spirit; mind; heart; nature; disposition; motivation; intention; mood; feelings; atmosphere; essence

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

弱い (よわい)

weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

が (が)

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

美女 (びじょ)

beautiful woman

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.

得る (うる)

to be able to ...; can ...; to get; to acquire; to obtain; to procure; to earn; to win; to gain; to secure; to attain

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

しがない (しがない)

poor; humble; uninteresting; trivial