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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English Translation
There is, perhaps, not one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as vanity.
Furigana
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。
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)
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
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
中
(なか)
inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while
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.
虚栄
(きょえい)
vanity; vainglory
心
(こころ)
mind; heart; spirit; the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
程
(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
者
(もの、もん)
person
は
(は)
topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
ない
(ない)
not; emphatic suffix
だ
(だ)
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