われわれにとって一番望ましく思われるのは、自分が持っていないものである。

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English Translation

It is the things that we do not possess which seem to us most desirable.

Furigana

われわれにとって一番(いちばん)望(のぞ)ましく思(おも)われるのは、自分(じぶん)が持(も)っていないものである。

Romanji

Wareware nitotte ichiban nozomashiku omowareru no wa, jibun ga motteinai mono de aru.

Words

我々 (われわれ)

に取って (にとって)

to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding

一番 (いちばん)

number one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in Noh); piece

望ましい (のぞましい)

desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable

思う (おもう)

to think; to consider; to believe; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to regard; to imagine; to suppose; to dream; to expect; to look forward to; to feel; to desire; to want; to recall; to remember

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

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

者 (もの、もん)

person

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...