願っただけで望みがかなうなら貧乏人も金持ちになれようが。

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English Translation

If wishes were horses, beggars might ride.

Furigana

願(ねが)っただけで望(のぞ)みがかなうなら貧乏人(びんぼうにん)も金持(かねも)ちになれようが。

Romanji

Negatta dake de nozomi ga kanau nara binbōnin mo kanemochi ni nareyou ga.

Words

願う (ねがう)

to desire; to wish; to hope; to beg; to request; to implore; to pray; to have something done for oneself

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

望み (のぞみ)

wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes

が (が)

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

叶う (かなう)

to come true (wish); to be suited; to match (implies competition); to rival; to bear (e.g. I can't bear the heat)

だ (だ)

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

貧乏人 (びんぼうにん)

poor person; pauper; the poor; the indigent

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

金持ち (かねもち)

rich person

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

慣れる (なれる)

to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated