われわれは古代文明の遺跡を保存する努力をしなければならない。

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English Translation

We must try to preserve the remains of ancient civilizations.

Furigana

われわれは古代(こだい)文明(ぶんめい)の遺跡(いせき)を保存(ほぞん)する努力(どりょく)をしなければならない。

Romanji

Wareware wa kodai bunmei no iseki o hozonsuru doryoku o shinakerebanaranai.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

古代 (こだい)

ancient times

文明 (ぶんめい)

civilization; civilisation; culture; Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)

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

遺跡 (いせき)

historic ruins (remains, relics); archeological site

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.

保存 (ほぞん)

preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk); maintenance

努力 (どりょく)

great effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; effort

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