禍福は糾える縄の如し。

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禍福は糾える縄の如し。

English Translation

When an ill wind blows it does good to no one.

Furigana

禍福(かふく)は糾(あざな)える縄(なわ)の如(ごと)し。

Romanji

Kafuku wa azanae ru nawa no gotoshi.

Words

禍福 (かふく)

fortune and misfortune; prosperity and adversity; good and evil; weal and woe

は (は)

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

糾う (あざなう)

to twist (something)

人 (にん、たり、り)

counter for people; person

縄 (なわ)

rope; cord; policeman's rope

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

如し (ごとし)

like; as if; the same as