しかし、抗議を通して始めて自由で開かれた社会が維持されるのである。

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English Translation

Only through protest can a free and open society be maintained.

Furigana

しかし、抗議(こうぎ)を通(とお)して始(はじ)めて自由(じゆう)で開(ひら)かれた社会(しゃかい)が維持(いじ)されるのである。

Romanji

Shikashi, kōgi otōshite hajimete jiyū de hirakareta shakai ga ijisareru no de aru.

Words

然し (しかし)

however; but

抗議 (こうぎ)

protest; objection

を通して (をとおして)

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

始める (はじめる)

to start; to begin; to commence; to initiate; to originate; to open (e.g. a store); to start up; to establish (business. etc.); to start ...; to begin to ...

自由 (じゆう)

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

だ (だ)

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

開く (ひらく)

to open; to undo; to unseal; to unpack; to bloom; to unfold; to spread out; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen; to hold (meeting, etc.); to give; to open; to found (nation, dynasty, sect, etc.); to open (a new business); to set up; to establish; to start; to open (ports, borders, etc.); to open (an account); to open up (new land, path, etc.); to clear; to develop; to open (a file, etc.); to extract (root); to reduce (equation); to cut open (fish); to change (kanji into hiragana); to flare (e.g. skirt); to slacken (into a poor posture)

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

が (が)

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

維持 (いじ)

maintenance; preservation; improvement

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...