この地域社会に住む一人一人は、健康な人間が持つ免疫機構の細胞のようなもだ。

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English Translation

Every person in this community is like a cell in the immune system of a healthy human body.

Furigana

この地域(ちいき)社会(しゃかい)に住(す)む一(いち)人(にん)一(いち)人(にん)は、健康(けんこう)な人間(にんげん)が持(も)つ免疫(めんえき)機構(きこう)の細胞(さいぼう)のようなもだ。

Romanji

Kono chiiki shakai ni sumu ichi nin ichi nin wa, kenkōna ningen ga motsu men'eki kikō no saibō no yōna mo da.

Words

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

地域 (ちいき)

area; region

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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

住む (すむ)

to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

人 (じん)

-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); indicates nationality, race, origin, etc.; -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; indicates expertise (in a certain field); (usu. in compound words) man; person; people

は (は)

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

健康 (けんこう)

health; sound; wholesome

人間 (にんげん)

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

が (が)

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

持つ (もつ)

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry; to possess; to have; to own; to maintain; to keep; to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive; to take charge of; to be in charge of

免疫 (めんえき)

immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

機構 (きこう)

mechanism; organization; organisation

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

細胞 (さいぼう、さいほう)

cell

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

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

だ (だ)

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