仕事が人生の目的でないのはちょうど遊びが人生の目的でないのと同じである。

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English Translation

Work is not the object of life any more than play is.

Furigana

仕事(しごと)が人生(じんせい)の目的(もくてき)でないのはちょうど遊(あそ)びが人生(じんせい)の目的(もくてき)でないのと同(おな)じである。

Romanji

Shigoto ga jinsei no mokuteki denai no wa chōdo asobi ga jinsei no mokuteki denai no to onaji de aru.

Words

仕事 (しごと)

work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; work

が (が)

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

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

は (は)

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

丁度 (ちょうど)

just; right; exactly

遊び (あそび)

playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

同じ (おなじ、おんなじ)

same; identical; equal; uniform; equivalent; similar; common (origin); changeless; alike; (usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway; anyhow; in either case

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...