想像力は、すべての文明の根本である。
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English Translation
        Imagination is the root of all civilization.
    
Furigana
Romanji
        Sōzōryoku wa, subete no bunmei no konpon de aru.
    
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                想像力
            
            
                (そうぞうりょく)
            
        
        
            (power of) imagination
        
    
            
                は
            
            
                (は)
            
        
        
            topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
        
    
            
                全て
            
            
                (すべて)
            
        
        
            everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly; all
        
    
            
                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
        
    
            
                文明
            
            
                (ぶんめい)
            
        
        
            civilization; civilisation; culture; Bummei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
        
    
            
                根本
            
            
                (こんげん、ねもと、こんぽん)
            
        
        
            root; source; origin; foundation; base; principle
        
    
            
                だ
            
            
                (だ)
            
        
        
            be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative
        
    
            
                或
            
            
                (ある)
            
        
        
            a certain ...; some ...
        
    Kanji
Readings: ソウ、 ソ、 おも.う
                        Meanings: concept, think, idea, thought
                    Reading: ゾウ
                        Meanings: statue, picture, image, figure, portrait
                    Readings: リョク、 リキ、 リイ、 ちから
                        Meanings: power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
                    Readings: ブン、 モン、 ふみ、 あや
                        Meanings: sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
                    Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 ミン、 あ.かり、 あか.るい、 あか.るむ、 あか.らむ、 あき.らか、 あ.ける、 -あ.け、 あ.く、 あ.くる、 あ.かす
                        Meanings: bright, light
                    Readings: コン、 ね、 -ね
                        Meanings: root, radical, head (pimple)
                    Readings: ホン、 もと
                        Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things