人は生きるために食べるのであって、食べるために生きているのではない。
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English Translation
Man eats to live, he does not live to eat.
Furigana
Romanji
Hito wa ikiru tameni taberu no de atte, taberu tameni ikiteiru no de wa nai.
Words
人
(ひと、ヒト)
man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
生きる
(いきる)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)
為に
(ために)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of
食べる
(たべる)
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
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
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
ない
(ない)
not; emphatic suffix