しかし、言語の場合は、私達が遺伝的に受け継ぐのは、話したり、理解したりする能力だけである。私達が話す特定の1つないし複数の言語は、遺伝ではなく、文化的な伝達によって私達に伝えられるのである。
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English Translation
In the case of language, however, it is only the ability to talk and understand that we inherit genetically; the particular language or languages that we speak are passed on to us not by genetic transmission but by cultural transmission.
Furigana
しかし、言語 の場合 は、私達 が遺伝的 に受 け継 ぐのは、話 したり、理解 したりする能力 だけである。私達 が話 す特定 の1つないし複数 の言語 は、遺伝 ではなく、文化的 な伝達 によって私達 に伝 えられるのである。
Romanji
Shikashi, gengo no baai wa, watashitachi ga identeki ni uketsugu no wa, hanashi tari, rikaishi tari suru nōryoku dake de aru. watashitachi ga hanasu tokutei no hitotsu naishi fukusū no gengo wa, iden de wa naku, bunkateki na dentatsu niyotte watashitachi ni tsutaerareru no de aru.
Words
然し
(しかし)
however; but
言語
(げんご、ごんご、げんきょ)
language
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
場合
(ばあい)
case; situation
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
私たち
(わたしたち、わたくしたち)
we; us
が
(が)
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and
遺伝的
(いでんてき)
genetic; hereditary
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
受け継ぐ
(うけつぐ)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
話す
(はなす)
to talk; to speak; to converse; to chat; to tell; to explain; to narrate; to mention; to describe; to discuss; to speak (a language)
たり
(たり、だり)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action
理解
(りかい)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
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
能力
(のうりょく)
ability; faculty
丈
(だけ)
only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth
だ
(だ)
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
或
(ある)
a certain ...; some ...
特定
(とくてい)
specific; special; particular
一つ
(ひとつ)
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")
乃至
(ないし)
from ... to; between ... and; or
複数
(ふくすう)
several; plural; plurality; multiple
遺伝
(いでん)
heredity; inherent
で
(で、にて)
indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.
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 ...
文化的
(ぶんかてき)
cultural
伝達
(でんたつ)
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay; propagation; conduction
に因って
(によって)
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
伝える
(つたえる)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath
Kanji
Readings: ゲン、 ゴン、 い.う、 こと
Meanings: say, word
Readings: ゴ、 かた.る、 かた.らう
Meanings: word, speech, language
Readings: ジョウ、 チョウ、 ば
Meanings: location, place
Readings: ゴウ、 ガッ、 カッ、 あ.う、 -あ.う、 あ.い、 あい-、 -あ.い、 -あい、 あ.わす、 あ.わせる、 -あ.わせる
Meanings: fit, suit, join, 0.1
Readings: シ、 わたくし、 わたし
Meanings: private, I, me
Readings: タツ、 ダ、 -たち
Meanings: accomplished, reach, arrive, attain
Readings: イ、 ユイ、 のこ.す
Meanings: bequeath, leave behind, reserve
Readings: デン、 テン、 つた.わる、 つた.える、 つた.う、 つだ.う、 -づた.い、 つて
Meanings: transmit, go along, walk along, follow, report, communicate, legend, tradition
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending
Readings: ジュ、 う.ける、 -う.け、 う.かる
Meanings: accept, undergo, answer (phone), take, get, catch, receive
Readings: ケイ、 つ.ぐ、 まま-
Meanings: inherit, succeed, continue, patch, graft (tree)
Readings: ワ、 はな.す、 はなし
Meanings: tale, talk
Readings: リ、 ことわり
Meanings: logic, arrangement, reason, justice, truth
Readings: カイ、 ゲ、 と.く、 と.かす、 と.ける、 ほど.く、 ほど.ける、 わか.る、 さと.る
Meanings: unravel, notes, key, explanation, understanding, untie, undo, solve, answer, cancel, absolve, explain, minute
Readings: ノウ、 よ.く
Meanings: ability, talent, skill, capacity
Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
Reading: トク
Meaning: special
Readings: テイ、 ジョウ、 さだ.める、 さだ.まる、 さだ.か
Meanings: determine, fix, establish, decide
Reading: フク
Meanings: duplicate, double, compound, multiple
Readings: スウ、 ス、 サク、 ソク、 シュ、 かず、 かぞ.える、 しばしば、 せ.める、 わずらわ.しい
Meanings: number, strength, fate, law, figures
Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
Readings: カ、 ケ、 ば.ける、 ば.かす、 ふ.ける、 け.する
Meanings: change, take the form of, influence, enchant, delude, -ization