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われわれは権力を憎むが法と秩序の必要は認める。

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われわれ 権力 憎む 秩序 必要 認める

English Translation

While we hate force, we recognize the need for law and order.

Furigana

われわれは権力(けんりょく)(にく)むが(ほう)秩序(ちつじょ)必要(ひつよう)(みと)める。

Romanji

Wareware wa kenryoku o nikumu ga hō to chitsujo no hitsuyō wa mitomeru.

Words

我々 (われわれ)
we
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
権力 (けんりょく)
(political) power; authority; influence
()
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.
憎む (にくむ)
to hate; to detest
()
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
(ほう)
law; act; principle; method; mood; dharma
()
if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)
秩序 (ちつじょ)
order; regularity; system; method
()
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
必要 (ひつよう)
necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement
認める (みとめる)
to recognize; to recognise; to observe; to notice; to deem; to judge; to assess; to approve; to deem acceptable; to allow; to admit; to accept; to confess (to a charge); to watch steadily; to observe carefully; to renown; to give renown to; to appreciate; to acknowledge

Kanji

Readings: ケン、 ゴン、 おもり、 かり、 はか.る
Meanings: authority, power, rights
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Readings: ゾウ、 にく.む、 にく.い、 にく.らしい、 にく.しみ
Meanings: hate, detest
Readings: ホウ、 ハッ、 ホッ、 フラン、 のり
Meanings: method, law, rule, principle, model, system
Reading: チツ
Meanings: regularity, salary, order
Readings: ジョ、 つい.で、 ついで
Meanings: preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: ヨウ、 い.る、 かなめ
Meanings: need, main point, essence, pivot, key to
Readings: ニン、 みと.める、 したた.める
Meanings: acknowledge, witness, discern, recognize, appreciate, believe