聖職者は人生の落伍者の方に味方して、勝利者を説得し、歩み寄らせることを生業としているようにおもえる。

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English Translation

The priest seems to make it a practice to climb on the underdog's bandwagon and persuade the other side to compromise.

Furigana

聖職者(せいしょくしゃ)は人生(じんせい)の落伍者(らくごしゃ)の方(ほう)に味方(みかた)して、勝利者(しょうりしゃ)を説得(せっとく)し、歩(あゆ)み寄(よ)らせることを生業(なりわい)としているようにおもえる。

Romanji

Seishokusha wa jinsei no rakugosha no hō ni mikatashite, shōrisha o settokushi, ayumiyoraseru koto o nariwai to shiteiru yōni omoeru.

Words

聖職者 (せいしょくしゃ)

clergyman; churchman; clergy

は (は)

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

人生 (じんせい)

(human) life (i.e. conception to death)

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

落伍者 (らくごしゃ)

dropout; straggler; outcast; failure

方 (かた)

direction; way; person; lady; gentleman; method of; manner of; way of; care of ..; person in charge of ..; side (e.g. "on my mother's side")

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

味方 (みかた)

friend; ally; supporter

勝利者 (しょうりしゃ)

winner; victor; conqueror

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.

説得 (せっとく)

persuasion

歩み寄る (あゆみよる)

to step up; to compromise; to meet halfway

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

生業 (せいぎょう、なりわい、すぎわい、すぎあい)

occupation; livelihood; calling

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

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

思える (おもえる)

to seem; to appear likely