彼は個人より社会全体に力点を置く傾向がある。

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English Translation

He tends to place more stress on society in general than on individual.

Furigana

彼(かれ)は個人(こじん)より社会(しゃかい)全体(ぜんたい)に力点(りきてん)を置(お)く傾向(けいこう)がある。

Romanji

Kare wa kojin yori shakai zentai ni rikiten o oku keikō ga aru.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

個人 (こじん)

individual; private person; personal; private

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

全体 (ぜんたい)

whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)

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

力点 (りきてん)

leverage; emphasis; importance

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.

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state

傾向 (けいこう)

tendency; trend; inclination

が (が)

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

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