金を幸福と同一視するなんてばかげたことだ。

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English Translation

It is foolish to equate money with happiness.

Furigana

金(きん)を幸福(こうふく)と同一視(どういつし)するなんてばかげたことだ。

Romanji

Kin o kōfuku to dōitsushi suru nante bakageta koto da.

Words

金 (きん)

gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup); valuable; of highest value; gold coin; money; Friday; metal (fourth of the five elements); Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE); gold general; testicles; karat; carat

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

幸福 (こうふく)

happiness; blessedness; joy; well-being

と (と)

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

同一視 (どういつし)

class with; put on par with; regard in the same light as

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

馬鹿げる (ばかげる)

to look foolish

事 (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

だ (だ)

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