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一病息災(いちびょうそくさい)one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer

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      one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer

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    一病息災 【いちびょうそくさい】

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      祖父(そふ)(いち)(びょう)息災(そくさい)で、90歳(とし)まで(なま)きました。

      My grandfather, who had a chronic ailment, lived to be 90 years old.

        (いち)(びょう)息災(そくさい)()うように、病気(びょうき)がちの(はは)()(なま)きた。

        As the saying goes, one who experiences a chronic ailment, my often sick mother lived a long life.

          健康(けんこう)(ちち)早死(はやじに)にし、(いち)(びょう)息災(そくさい)という言葉(ことば)(つよ)(かん)じました。

          When my healthy father died young, I strongly felt the meaning of one who experiences a chronic ailment.

            (いち)(びょう)息災(そくさい)()うが、本当(ほんとう)健康(けんこう)(ひと)(なに)をしなくとも長生(ながい)きする。

            It is said one who experiences a chronic ailment, but truly healthy people live long without doing anything special.

              健康(けんこう)(はは)()病気(びょうき)がちな(ちち)(なま)(のこ)る…これがまさに(いち)(びょう)息災(そくさい)である。

              A healthy mother dies, and a sickly father survives... this is exactly one who experiences a chronic ailment.

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