ひとりの人間は間違いをするかもしれない。一つの世代も同様である。

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English Translation

A man may be wrong; so may a generation.

Furigana

ひとりの人間(にんげん)は間違(まちが)いをするかもしれない。一(ひと)つの世代(せだい)も同様(どうよう)である。

Romanji

Hitori no ningen wa machigai o suru kamo shirenai. hitotsu no sedai mo dōyō de aru.

Words

一人 (ひとり、いちにん)

one person; alone; unmarried; solitary

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

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

は (は)

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

間違い (まちがい)

mistake; error; blunder; accident; mishap; trouble; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion

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.

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

かも (かも)

may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

知れる (しれる)

to become known; to come to light; to be discovered; to be known; to be understood; to obviously not amount to much; to seem trivial; to be evident; to be obvious; to go without saying; to be very intense (worry, hope, etc.); to be extremely severe

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

世代 (せだい)

generation; the world; the age

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

同様 (どうよう)

identical; equal to; same (kind); like; similarity

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...