おそらく、人間の持って生まれた感情の中で、虚栄心ほど抑えにくいものはないだろう。

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おそらく 人間 持って 生まれた 感情 虚栄 ほど 抑え にくい もの ない だろう

English Translation

There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.

Furigana

おそらく、人間(にんげん)()って()まれた感情(かんじょう)(なか)で、虚栄(きょえい)(こころ)ほど(おさ)えにくいものはないだろう。

Romanji

Osoraku, ningen no motte umareta kanjō no naka de, kyoei kokoro hodo osae nikui mono wa nai darou.

Words

恐らく (おそらく)
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
人間 (にんげん)
human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)
()
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
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
生まれる (うまれる)
to be born
感情 (かんじょう)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment
(なか)
inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
(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.
虚栄 (きょえい)
vanity; vainglory
(こころ)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
(ほど)
degree; extent; bounds; limit; indicates approx. amount or maximum; upper limit
押さえる (おさえる)
to pin something down; to hold something down; to hold something back; to stop; to restrain; to curb; to seize; to grasp; to arrest; to gain control of something; to govern; to keep down (e.g. information); to suppress; to catch happening; to determine (important points); to find (proof); to understand
憎い (にくい)
hateful; abominable; poor-looking; detestable; amazing; fantastic; admirable; lovely; wonderful
(もの、もん)
person
()
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない (ない)
not; emphatic suffix
()
be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

Kanji

Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person
Readings: カン、 ケン、 あいだ、 ま、 あい
Meanings: interval, space
Readings: ジ、 も.つ、 -も.ち、 も.てる
Meanings: hold, have
Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Reading: カン
Meanings: emotion, feeling, sensation
Readings: ジョウ、 セイ、 なさ.け
Meanings: feelings, emotion, passion, sympathy, circumstances, facts
Readings: チュウ、 なか、 うち、 あた.る
Meanings: in, inside, middle, mean, center
Readings: キョ、 コ、 むな.しい、 うつ.ろ
Meanings: void, emptiness, unpreparedness, crack, fissure, untruth
Readings: エイ、 ヨウ、 さか.える、 は.え、 -ば.え、 は.える、 え
Meanings: flourish, prosperity, honor, glory, splendor
Readings: シン、 こころ、 -ごころ
Meanings: heart, mind, spirit, heart radical (no. 61)
Readings: ヨク、 おさ.える
Meanings: repress, well, now, in the first place, push, shove, press, seal, do in spite of