歴史は、古い思想が新しい思想に道を譲りながら進行する。

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English Translation

History goes on with old ideas giving way to the new.

Furigana

歴史(れきし)は、古(ふる)い思想(しそう)が新(あたら)しい思想(しそう)に道(みち)を譲(ゆず)りながら進行(しんこう)する。

Romanji

Rekishi wa, furui shisō ga atarashii shisō ni michi o yuzuri nagara shinkōsuru.

Words

歴史 (れきし)

history

は (は)

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

古い (ふるい)

old (not person); aged; ancient; antiquated; stale; threadbare; outmoded; obsolete article

思想 (しそう)

thought; idea; ideology

が (が)

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

新しい (あたらしい)

new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern

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

道 (みち)

road; street; way; path; course; route; lane; distance; ways (e.g. "a long ways"); the way (of proper conduct, etc.); one's way; morals; teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma; field (of medicine, etc.); subject; way; method; means

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.

譲る (ゆずる)

to turn over; to assign; to hand over; to transmit; to convey; to sell; to dispose of; to yield; to surrender; to concede

乍ら (ながら)

while; during; as; while; although; though; despite; in spite of; notwithstanding; all; both; as (e.g. "as always", "as long ago"); in (e.g. "in tears")

進行 (しんこう)

moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc); advancement; progress; progress (of a disease); disease progression; progression (harmonic, melodic)