水の淀む所には汚物が溜る。

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水の淀む所には汚物が溜る。

English Translation

Standing pools gather filth.

Furigana

水(みず)の淀(よど)む所(ところ)には汚物(おぶつ)が溜(たま)る。

Romanji

Mizu no yodomu tokoroni wa obutsu ga tamaru.

Words

水 (みず、み)

water (esp. cool, fresh water, e.g. drinking water); fluid (esp. in an animal tissue); liquid; flood; floodwaters; water offered to wrestlers just prior to a bout; break granted to wrestlers engaged in a prolonged bout

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

澱む (よどむ)

to stagnate; to be stagnant; to settle; to deposit; to be sedimented; to be precipitated; to hesitate; to be sluggish; to stammer; to stumble; to falter

は (は)

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

汚物 (おぶつ)

filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust

が (が)

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

溜まる (たまる)

to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up