非凡の才が優れていればいるほど、世間の人々がそれを発見し理解するのに長い時間がかかる。

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English Translation

The greater the genius, the longer it takes the world to find it out and understand it.

Furigana

非凡(ひぼん)の才(さい)が優(すぐ)れていればいるほど、世間(せけん)の人々(ひとびと)がそれを発見(はっけん)し理解(りかい)するのに長(なが)い時間(じかん)がかかる。

Romanji

Hibon no sai ga sugureteireba iru hodo, seken no hitobito ga sore o hakkenshi rikaisuru no ni nagai jikan ga kakaru.

Words

非凡 (ひぼん)

prodigy; rare; unique; extraordinary

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

歳 (さい)

-years-old; ability; gift; talent; aptitude; genius

が (が)

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

優れる (すぐれる)

to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

要る (いる)

to need; to want

程 (ほど)

degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit

世間 (せけん)

world; society

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

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.

発見 (はっけん)

discovery; detection; finding

理解 (りかい)

understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

長い (ながい)

long (distance); long (time); lengthy

時間 (じかん)

time; hours

掛かる (かかる)

to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend; to deal with; to handle; to have started to; to be on the verge of; to overlap (e.g. information in a manual); to cover; to (come) at; to be fastened; to be covered (e.g. with dust, a table-cloth, etc.); to be caught in; to get a call; to depend on