日本人はこの百年間、西洋の考え方、感じ方を学びとろうとしてきた。

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English Translation

The Japanese have tried to learn the Western way of thinking and feeling for the past hundred years.

Furigana

日本人(にっぽんじん)はこの百(ひゃく)年間(ねんかん)、西洋(せいよう)の考(かんが)え方(かた)、感(かん)じ方(かた)を学(まな)びとろうとしてきた。

Romanji

Nipponjin wa kono hyaku nenkan, seiyō no kangaekata, kanjikata o manabitorou to shitekita.

Words

日本人 (にほんじん、にっぽんじん)

Japanese person; Japanese people

は (は)

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

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

百 (ひゃく、もも、はく)

100; hundred

年間 (ねんかん)

year (period of)

西洋 (せいよう)

the west; Western countries

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

考え方 (かんがえかた)

way of thinking

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.

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

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