人々は自分の考えを表現しなければならない。人々は、社会が彼らにそうする自由を認めなければ、自分の考えを表現することはできない。

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English Translation

People need to express themselves; they cannot do so unless society allows them liberty to do so.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)は自分(じぶん)の考(かんが)えを表現(ひょうげん)しなければならない。人々(ひとびと)は、社会(しゃかい)が彼(かれ)らにそうする自由(じゆう)を認(みと)めなければ、自分(じぶん)の考(かんが)えを表現(ひょうげん)することはできない。

Romanji

Hitobito wa jibun no kangae o hyōgenshinakerebanaranai. hitobito wa, shakai ga karera ni sō suru jiyū o mitomenakereba, jibun no kangae o hyōgensuru koto wa dekinai.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

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

考え (かんがえ)

thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept; idea; notion; imagination; intention; plan; design; consideration; judgement; deliberation; reflection; wish; hope; expectation

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.

表現 (ひょうげん)

expression; presentation; representation; notation

社会 (しゃかい)

society; public; community; the world; social studies

が (が)

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

彼ら (かれら)

they (usually male); them

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

そう (そう)

so; really; seeming; appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of

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

自由 (じゆう)

freedom; liberty; as it pleases you

認める (したためる)

to write up

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

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