餓死するくらいなら溺死したほうがましだ。

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餓死する くらい なら 溺死した ほう まし

English Translation

I might as well drown as starve.

Furigana

餓死(がし)するくらいなら溺死(できし)したほうがましだ。

Romanji

Gashisuru kurai nara dekishishita hō ga mashi da.

Words

餓死 (がし、がしん)
(death from) starvation; starving to death
くらい (くらい、ぐらい)
approximately; about; around; or so; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; so ... that ...; at least; as ... as ...; like
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
溺死 (できし)
death by drowning
切っ先 (きっさき、ほう)
point (of a sword, etc.); pointed verbal attack
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
増し (まし、マシ)
better; less objectionable; preferable; more; increase; extra; increase; growth

Kanji

Readings: ガ、 う.える
Meanings: starve, hungry, thirst
Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
Meanings: death, die
Readings: デキ、 ジョウ、 ニョウ、 いばり、 おぼ.れる
Meanings: drown, indulge