発明はいわば必要から生まれるのだ。

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発明はいわば必要から生まれるのだ。

English Translation

Inventions are born, so to speak, of necessity.

Furigana

発明(はつめい)はいわば必要(ひつよう)から生(う)まれるのだ。

Romanji

Hatsumei wa iwaba hitsuyō kara umareru no da.

Words

発明 (はつめい)

invention; intelligent; clever; being enlightened; having the meaning of everything become clear

は (は)

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

言わば (いわば)

so to speak; so to call it; as it were

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

生まれる (うまれる)

to be born

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

だ (だ)

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