おそらく、書物がわれわれの人生に対して深い影響を及ぼすのは子供時代だけであろう。

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English Translation

Perhaps it is only in childhood that books have any deep influence on our lives.

Furigana

おそらく、書物(しょもつ)がわれわれの人生(じんせい)に対(たい)して深(ふか)い影響(えいきょう)を及(およ)ぼすのは子供(こども)時代(じだい)だけであろう。

Romanji

Osoraku, shomotsu ga wareware no jinsei nitaishite fukai eikyō o oyobosu no wa kodomo jidai dake de arou.

Words

恐らく (おそらく)

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

書物 (しょもつ)

books

が (が)

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

我々 (われわれ)

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

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

に対して (にたいして)

towards; against; regarding; in contrast with

深い (ふかい)

deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong; late

影響 (えいきょう)

influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on; to impact; to have an effect on

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

及ぼす (およぼす)

to exert; to cause; to exercise

は (は)

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

子供 (こども)

child; children

時代 (じだい)

period; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece

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