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1Japan: Thoughts on LongevityJapan: Eritreritra manodidina ny fahelana velona
2As the most rapidly ageing country in the world in addition to having the highest life expectancy, Japan has a lot to think about concerning quality of life and a sustainable society.Amin'ny maha-firenena mora antitra azy indrindra manerana izao tontolo izao ankoatra ny fananany taha-pahavelomana avo indrindra, Mila mieritreritra momba ny hatsaram-piainana sy fiaraha-monina mahatsangy no ary indray i Japan.
3However, it's rare that one contemplates about it on a personal level.Na izany dia vitsy ihany no mandinika ny momba io amin'ny tsirairay avy.
4In Long Life is a Risk (長生きはリスクである), blogger Satonao shares his unique perspective that perhaps longevity itself is not to be celebrated.Ao amin'ny lahatsoratra manao hoe (Mety ho loza) ny fahelana velona (長生きはリスクである), ny mpamaham-bolongana Satonao no mizara ny fomba fijeriny manokana fa angamba tsy tokony hankalazaina izany fahelana velona izany.
5Note: The post was translated in its entirety with permission from the blogger.Naoty: nahazoana alalana tamin'ny mpamaham-bolongana ny fandikana ny lahatsoratra iray manontolo.
6All links were added by Tomomi Sasaki for reference.Ny rohy rehetra kosa dia nampian'i Tomomi Sasaki ho (fampitahana).
7Lately, I keep getting into conversations with various people about how “long life is a risk”.Vao haingana aho no nitari-dresaka tamin'ny olona isan-karazany miresaka ny “mahamety ho loza (risque) ny fahelana velona”.
8This is probably because my closest friends are entering their forties and fifties and I regularly hear stories that hit close to home: she's had a breakdown from having to take care of her parents, his father is always in different hospitals for cancer, or her mother has dementia and requires full time care.Angamba noho ireo namako akaiky ahy miditra amin'ny fahatelopolo sy fahaefapolo taonany ary reko matetika ny tantara izay mitambesatra ao an-trano: Trotraka ravehivavy noho ny fikarakarany ny ray aman-dreniny, Mitety ny hopitaly isan-karazany noho ny homamiadana ny rainy, na misy voa ny sain'ny reniny ka mila fikarakarana mandritra ny andro manontolo.
9On top of that, our salaries aren't getting any higher and money is tight.Ny faratampony amin'izany, tsy nisy fitomboana ny karama ary kely ny vola am-pelatanana.
10Everyone has their worries and troubles.Samy manana ny ahiahiny sy ny olany ny tsirairay.
11Many people who go through a lot eventually conclude that “a long life doesn't necessarily equal happiness”.Maro amin'ireo itambesarany no mety hanao fehinteny hoe “tsy midika avy hatrany ho fahasambarana ny fahelana velona”.
12The preposition that long life leads to happiness is one that has long been passed on among the Japanese people.Efa ela no nanjaka tamin'ny vahoaka japoney izany fomba fiheverana mametraka fa mizotra ho amin'ny fahasambarana izany hoe lava velona izany.
13It seems inevitable that at some point this idea, which has been stuck in our heads since the Showa period, will have to change.Azo heverina fa ilaina ovaina izany fomba fiheverana izay miraikitra ao an-dohantsika hatramin'ny vanim-potoanan'ny Showa izany.
14An acquaintance in their 70's has started a “slow suicide”.Misy olom-pantatra nahatratra ny faha-70 taonany izay moa no nanomboka “namono tena tsikelikely”.
15In other words this person, who has so far lived a healthy abstinent life, has started doing whatever they want, including things that they stopped doing precisely because they are considered “bad for you”.Raha lazaina amin'ny fomba hafa dia indro olona iray, izay niaina salama tanaty fifehezan-tena (fifadiana), no nanomboka nanao izay rehetra tiany atao, ary anatin'izany ny zavatra tsy nataony intsony satria heverina hoe “ratsy ho anao”.
16Living a long life is a risk.Mety hitera-doza ny miaina lava loatra.
17The line of reasoning goes: rather than live a longer life, do what you want without regard to the fact that you might die sooner.Ny lalan-kevitra dia izao: Tsy aleo ve manao izay tianao atao, tsy mieritreritra hoe mety ho faty vetivety ianao, toy izay hoe ela velona (fotsiny)?
18I've been so busy this month that I've neglected to take care of my body.Sahirana loatra aho tamin'ity volana ity ka nanadino nanolokolo ny vatako.
19Even if one lives a long life by tracking health related stats and diligently ‘saving' oneself from overdoing it, one may still suffer from dementia, become bedridden or wracked with illness at the end.Na dia misy aza ela velona nefa arahi-maso matetika ny fahasalamana na mitari-dalana ‘hamonjy' olona iray izay manao zavatra tafahoatra, mety ho misy tratran'ny tsy ampy kely, lasa sakaizam-pandriana na taizan'aretina amin'ny farany.
20Any of these are painful and may be a strain on the children.Maharary avoko izany rehetra izany ary mety ho lasa enta-mavesatra ho an'ny ankizy.
21There is a need to think more seriously about how to balance moderation and excess because illness is not to be treated lightly.Eto dia ilaina ny mandanjalanja ny fifehezana sy ny zava-tafahoatra satria tsy tokony hamaivanina ny fahasalamana.
22For now, however, I'd like to break free from the idea that “long life equals happiness”.Manomboka izao kosa aho dia te-hanala ny eritreritra hoe “fahasambarana ny fahelana velona.
23Long life doesn't necessarily mean happiness.Tsy midika avy hatrany fa sambatra izay ela velona.
24Live life one day at a time and when the time comes, die with a quiet dignity.Iaino amin'ny fotoany ny fiainana ary rehefa tonga ny andro, dia aoka ho faty amim-pahamendrehana.
25This is how I'd like to go.Izay no tiako ahatongavana.
26My affairs are in order and I do mental exercises that today may be the last, but what remains to be seen is how to die.Milamina ny zavatra ataoko ary ataoko fanazarana ao an-tsaiko fa mety ho androany ny farany, fa ny tena mila jerena dia ny hoe ahoana ny fomba ahafatesana.
27Obviously, this is a very complex matter.Mivandravandra amin'izany fa sarotra ny raharaha.
28Please note that I'm not making light of having been born or of life itself.Mariho tsara azafady fa tsy manazava momba ny antony nahaterahana na momba ny fiainana aho eto.
29I'm not writing about suicide, either.Tsy miresaka momba ny famonoan-tena ihany koa aho amin'izany.
30I'm writing about how to greet the end of life.Miresaka momba ny fomba tsara andraisana ny fiafaran'ny fiainana aho.
31Thinking about how one will die is thinking about how one will live.Ny fieritreretana ny fomba ahafatesan'ny olona iray no ieritreretana ny fomba iainana.
32I simply want to think a little bit more strictly and specifically about appreciating the miracle of life while being able to welcome the death that we will each inevitably experience.Te-hieritreritra amin'ny fomba manokana sy hentitra aho ny momba ny fahaiza-mandray ny fahagagan'ny fiainana raha mahasahy mandray tsara ny fahafatesana izay tsy maintsy hodiavintsika tsirairay avy.
33Remember, it's live long and prosper.Tadidio, fiainana lava sy miroborobo izany.
34Related reading: Japan: Momus, on This Ageing CountryVakiteny mifandraika aminy: Japan: Momus, eto amin'ity firenena miha-antitra ity