Identify the kanji

I saw this in an anime and love the translation but would like to know how to say it in nihongo. It gives the hiragana for the last one so I know the first two must be simple but Im still so new to kanji so I was wondering if anyone recognized them. Also is the translation correct?

posted by Saiya June 25, 2012 at 1:36pm

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  baka8 June 25, 2012 at 5:43pm

  Why do I feel like the japanese and the english don't match...? And it has yori,　so I thought it was comparing the second concept as being more...yasushi than the first.
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  Medyrius June 25, 2012 at 8:03pm

  Right , baka-san no iu toori da...
  Yet, somehow I can't see the point of comparison between the two concepts.
  Besides, I kind of feel like the last adjective should be yasui rather than yasushi, which I can't find anywhere... Type mistake or rare form? I don't know.
  
  案ずる(Anzuru)
  1: to be anxious or concerned about; to ponder (anxiously); to fear;
  2: to investigate; to consider; to plan
  
  産む (Umu)
  to give birth; to deliver; to produce
  
  The best translation I can think of would be something like : It's easier to make things than to imagine them...
  Pretty much sure it's not the right one though :(
  
  
  
  
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  Saiya June 26, 2012 at 8:22am

  oh darn thats what i was worried about you can never trust fan subs really... this was a screen shot of it and thought wow that sounds beautiful.
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  Medyrius June 26, 2012 at 8:58pm

  That's true indeed... I experienced that once ^^
  
  But I'm not so sure it's the case here, it may as well be an advanced translation, I seriouly doubt that but... Never know.
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  Saiya June 27, 2012 at 3:23am

  Maybe in this case its more of the translation keeping the original thought process in tact rather than being a word for word translation.
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  Medyrius June 27, 2012 at 3:48am

  Right, the background of the anime may also imply it :s
  
  Toriaezu, my word for word translation from english to nihongo would be :
  Nayami ha chiisana mono ni ookina hikage wo ataerareru mono de aru.
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  jennkei June 27, 2012 at 4:14pm

  Ah, one of those Japanese proverbs..
  
  From JDIC: 案ずるより産むが易し; 案ずるより生むが易し 【あんずるよりうむがやすし】 (exp) (id) it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it (anzuru yori umu ga yasushi)
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  baka8 June 29, 2012 at 10:40am

  I didn't know there was a yasushi; always thought easy was yasui.
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  Medyrius June 29, 2012 at 11:23am

  Think so too... Happens often with japanese proverbs.. must be some kind of historic usage :?
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  baka8 July 2, 2012 at 10:13pm

  Sou ja na...