理論がそのような試練にたえて生き残るのは難しい。

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English Translation

It is difficult for a theory to survive such a test.

Furigana

理論(りろん)がそのような試練(しれん)にたえて生(い)き残(のこ)るのは難(むずか)しい。

Romanji

Riron ga sono yōna shiren ni taete ikinokoru no wa muzukashii.

Words

理論 (りろん)

theory

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

試練 (しれん)

test; trial; probation; ordeal; tribulation

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

絶える (たえる)

to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued; to be cut off

生き残る (いきのこる)

to survive

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

は (は)

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

難しい (むずかしい、むつかしい)

difficult; hard; troublesome; complicated; serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy; particular; fastidious; hard to please; displeased; gloomy; glum; sullen; serious (look); dirty; unclean; filthy; detestable; unpleasant; uncomfortable; creepy; spooky