多分男の唯一真実な威厳は、自分自身をさげすむことができる能力であろう。

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English Translation

Perhaps the only true dignity of man is his capacity to despise himself.

Furigana

多分(たぶん)男(おとこ)の唯一(ゆいいつ)真実(しんじつ)な威厳(いげん)は、自分(じぶん)自身(じしん)をさげすむことができる能力(のうりょく)であろう。

Romanji

Tabun otoko no yuiitsu shinjitsu na igen wa, jibun jishin o sagesumu koto ga dekiru nōryoku de arou.

Words

多分 (たぶん)

perhaps; probably; generous; many; much; great

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

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

唯一 (ゆいいつ、ゆいつ)

only; sole; unique

真実 (しんじつ、さな、さね)

truth; reality

だ (だ)

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

威厳 (いげん)

dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity

は (は)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

自身 (じしん)

by oneself; personally

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.

蔑む (さげすむ)

to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain

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

能力 (のうりょく)

ability; faculty

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...