ある時代の最も洗練された審美眼によって美しいと考えられたものが美術館にはたくさんあるのだが、それは今の私たちには価値のないものに見えるのである。

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English Translation

The museums are full of objects which the most cultivated taste of a period considered beautiful, but which seem to us now worthless.

Furigana

ある時代(じだい)の最(もっと)も洗練(せんれん)された審美(しんび)眼(め)によって美(うつく)しいと考(かんが)えられたものが美術館(びじゅつかん)にはたくさんあるのだが、それは今(いま)の私(わたし)たちには価値(かち)のないものに見(み)えるのである。

Romanji

Aru jidai no mottomo senrensareta shinbi me niyotte utsukushii to kangaerareta mono ga bijutsukan ni wa takusan aru no da ga, sore wa ima no watashitachi ni wa kachi no nai mono ni mieru no de aru.

Words

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...

時代 (じだい)

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

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

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

洗練 (せんれん)

polish; refinement

審美 (しんび)

aesthetic appreciation

目 (め)

eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; vision; look; stare; glance; an experience; viewpoint; stitch; texture; weave; ordinal number suffix; somewhat; -ish

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

美しい (うつくしい)

beautiful; lovely

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

者 (もの、もん)

person

が (が)

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

美術館 (びじゅつかん)

art gallery; art museum

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

は (は)

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

沢山 (たくさん)

a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal; enough; sufficient; enough; too many; too much

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

だ (だ)

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

其れ (それ)

that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it; that time; then; there (indicating a place near the listener); you

今 (いま)

now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

見える (まみえる)

to have an audience; to meet; to see; to face (an enemy); to confront; to serve (esp. as one's wife)