普通の人は能力が足りないからではなく、集中力が足りないために失敗する。

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English Translation

The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.

Furigana

普通(ふつう)の人(ひと)は能力(のうりょく)が足(た)りないからではなく、集中力(しゅうちゅうりょく)が足(た)りないために失敗(しっぱい)する。

Romanji

Futsū no hito wa nōryoku ga tarinai kara de wa naku, shūchūryoku ga tarinai tameni shippaisuru.

Words

普通 (ふつう)

general; ordinary; usual; normally; generally; usually; train that stops at every station

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

は (は)

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

能力 (のうりょく)

ability; faculty

が (が)

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

足りる (たりる)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

だ (だ)

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

集中力 (しゅうちゅうりょく)

(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder