This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

貧しいことは恥ずかしいことではないと私は思います。

Sentence Analyzer

貧しい こと 恥ずかしい こと ない 思います

English Translation

I don't think being poor is anything to be ashamed of.

Furigana

(まず)しいことは()ずかしいことではないと(わたし)(おも)います。

Romanji

Mazushii koto wa hazukashii koto de wa nai to watashi wa omoimasu.

Words

貧しい (まずしい)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty; skimpy; slight; inadequate
(こと、こん)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
恥ずかしい (はずかしい)
shy; ashamed; embarrassed; disgraceful; shameful
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
(わたし、わたくし)
I; me; private affairs; personal matter; secrecy; selfishness
思う (おもう)
to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

Kanji

Readings: ヒン、 ビン、 まず.しい
Meanings: poverty, poor
Readings: チ、 は.じる、 はじ、 は.じらう、 は.ずかしい
Meanings: shame, dishonor
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: シ、 おも.う、 おもえら.く、 おぼ.す
Meaning: think