喜びに同情するより悲しみに同情するほうが容易だ。

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喜び に 同情する より 悲しみ に 同情する ほう が 容易 だ 。

English Translation

It is easier to sympathize with sorrow than to sympathize with joy.

Furigana

喜(よろこ)びに同情(どうじょう)するより悲(かな)しみに同情(どうじょう)するほうが容易(ようい)だ。

Romanji

Yorokobi ni dōjōsuru yori kanashimi ni dōjōsuru hō ga yōi da.

Words

喜び (よろこび)

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

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

同情 (どうじょう)

sympathy; compassion; sympathize; sympathise; pity; feel for

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

悲しみ (かなしみ)

sadness; sorrow; grief; affection; love

切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)

point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack

が (が)

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

容易 (ようい)

easy; simple; plain

だ (だ)

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

Kanji

喜

Readings: キ、 よろこ.ぶ、 よろこ.ばす

Meanings: rejoice, take pleasure in

同

Readings: ドウ、 おな.じ

Meanings: same, agree, equal

情

Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け

Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts

悲

Readings: ヒ、 かな.しい、 かな.しむ

Meanings: grieve, sad, deplore, regret

容

Readings: ヨウ、 い.れる

Meanings: contain, form, looks

易

Readings: エキ、 イ、 やさ.しい、 やす.い

Meanings: easy, ready to, simple, fortune-telling, divination