王を得た麒麟もまた寿命を持たない生き物だが、この病ばかりは治癒の方法がない。

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English Translation

A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.

Furigana

王(おう)を得(え)た麒麟(きりん)もまた寿命(じゅみょう)を持(も)たない生(い)き物(もの)だが、この病(やまい)ばかりは治癒(ちゆ)の方法(ほうほう)がない。

Romanji

Ō o eta kirin mo mata jumyō o motanai ikimono da ga, kono yamai bakari wa chiyu no hōhō ga nai.

Words

王 (おう)

king; ruler; sovereign; monarch; tycoon; magnate; champion; master; king

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

麒麟 (きりん、キリン)

giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn); Kirin (brand of beer); horse that can ride 1000 ri in a day

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

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

寿命 (じゅみょう)

life span

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

生き物 (いきもの)

living thing; animal

だ (だ)

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

が (が)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

病 (やまい)

illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault

許り (ばかり、ばっかり、ばっか)

only; merely; nothing but; no more than; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to; indicates emphasis; always; constantly

は (は)

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

治癒 (ちゆ)

healing; cure; recovery

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

方法 (ほうほう)

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...