だが、概ね天皇は世俗権力を追求することなく存続してきたようです。

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English Translation

However, in general, it seems that the Emperors had continued without seeking worldly power.

Furigana

だが、概(おおむ)ね天皇(てんのう)は世俗(せぞく)権力(けんりょく)を追求(ついきゅう)することなく存続(そんぞく)してきたようです。

Romanji

Daga, ōmune tennō wa sezoku kenryoku o tsuikyūsuru koto naku sonzokushitekita yō desu.

Words

だが (だが、ですが)

but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

概ね (おおむね)

in general; generally; mostly; roughly; largely; mainly; on the whole; by and large; gist; point; main idea

天皇 (てんのう、すめらぎ、すめろぎ)

Emperor of Japan

は (は)

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

世俗 (せぞく、せいぞく)

common customs; worldliness; vulgar; popular; the world; the common people; secularity

権力 (けんりょく)

(political) power; authority; influence

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.

追求 (ついきゅう)

pursuing (goal); pursuit; seeking; search; to pursue (e.g. goal); to seek

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

存続 (そんぞく)

duration; continuance

様 (よう)

appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style; design; like; similar to; thing (thought or spoken)

です (です)

be; is