人生の終局的な大きな目的は知識を獲得することではなくて行動することである。

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English Translation

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

Furigana

人生(じんせい)の終局的(しゅうきょくてき)な大(おお)きな目的(もくてき)は知識(ちしき)を獲得(かくとく)することではなくて行動(こうどう)することである。

Romanji

Jinsei no shūkyokuteki na ōkina mokuteki wa chishiki o kakutokusuru koto de wa nakute kōdōsuru koto de aru.

Words

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

だ (だ)

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

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

は (は)

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

知識 (ちしき)

knowledge; information

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.

獲得 (かくとく)

acquisition; possession

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

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...