知識を通じてのみ、われわれは、一つの民族として、われわれの社会を脅かす危険に対処することができるからである。

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English Translation

It is only through knowledge that we, as a nation, can cope with the dangers that threaten our society.

Furigana

知識(ちしき)を通(つう)じてのみ、われわれは、一(ひと)つの民族(みんぞく)として、われわれの社会(しゃかい)を脅(おびや)かす危険(きけん)に対処(たいしょ)することができるからである。

Romanji

Chishiki otsūjite nomi, wareware wa, hitotsu no minzoku toshite, wareware no shakai o obiyakasu kiken ni taishosuru koto ga dekiru kara de aru.

Words

知識 (ちしき)

knowledge; information

を通して (をとおして)

through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

のみ (のみ)

only; nothing but

我々 (われわれ)

は (は)

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

一つ (ひとつ)

one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it")

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

民族 (みんぞく)

people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

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.

脅かす (おどかす)

to threaten; to menace; to startle; to surprise

危険 (きけん)

danger; peril; hazard; risk

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

対処 (たいしょ)

deal with; cope

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

が (が)

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

出来る (できる)

to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at; to be permitted (to do); to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); to grow; to be raised; to become pregnant

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...