しかしながら、人間はなぜこれらの範疇に入ってしまうのか。

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しかしながら 、 人間 は なぜ これら の 範疇 に 入ってしまう の か 。

English Translation

Why people fall into these categories, however, is a mystery.

Furigana

しかしながら、人間(にんげん)はなぜこれらの範疇(はんちゅう)に入(はい)ってしまうのか。

Romanji

Shikashinagara, ningen wa naze korera no hanchū ni haitteshimau no ka.

Words

然しながら (しかしながら)

however; nevertheless

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

何故 (なぜ、なにゆえ)

why; how

これ等 (これら)

these

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

範疇 (はんちゅう)

category

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

入る (いる)

to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

Kanji

人

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と

Meaning: person

間

Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい

Meanings: interval, space

範

Reading: ハン

Meanings: pattern, example, model

疇

Readings: チュウ、 うね、 たぐい、 ひと.しい

Meanings: before, companion, same kind

入

Readings: ニュウ、 ジュ、 い.る、 -い.る、 -い.り、 い.れる、 -い.れ、 はい.る

Meanings: enter, insert