敗北や失敗は人間を非常に卑屈にする。

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敗北や失敗は人間を非常に卑屈にする。

English Translation

Defeat and failure make people too humble.

Furigana

敗北(はいぼく)や失敗(しっぱい)は人間(にんげん)を非常(ひじょう)に卑屈(ひくつ)にする。

Romanji

Haiboku ya shippai wa ningen o hijō ni hikutsu ni suru.

Words

敗北 (はいぼく)

defeat; to be defeated

や (や)

such things as (non-exhaustive list related to a specific time and place); and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.; interjection expressing surprise; hi; plain copula; yes; what?; indicates a question

失敗 (しっぱい)

failure; mistake; blunder

は (は)

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

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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.

非常 (ひじょう)

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

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

卑屈 (ひくつ)

menial; meanness; servility; abject

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to