青年がまず第一に学ぶべき重要な教訓は、自分は何も知らないということである。

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English Translation

The first great lesson that a young man should learn is that he knows nothing.

Furigana

青年(せいねん)がまず第(だい)一(いち)に学(まな)ぶべき重要(じゅうよう)な教訓(きょうくん)は、自分(じぶん)は何(なに)も知(し)らないということである。

Romanji

Seinen ga mazu dai ichi ni manabu beki jūyōna kyōkun wa, jibun wa nani mo shiranai toiu koto de aru.

Words

青年 (せいねん)

youth; young man

が (が)

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

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

第 (だい)

ordinal

一 (いち)

one; best; first; foremost; beginning; start; bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

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

学ぶ (まなぶ)

to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

重要 (じゅうよう)

important; momentous; essential; principal; major

教訓 (きょうくん)

lesson; precept; moral instruction

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

何 (なに、なん)

what; how many; you-know-what; that; whatsit; what's the expression; what do you call them; what?; hey!

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

知る (しる)

to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to grasp; to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure); to experience; to go through; to learn; to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know; to concern

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

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

だ (だ)

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...