人々の中には自分達の生活のしかたを正常なものと考え、異なる生き方を見下しがちな人がいる。

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English Translation

Some people are apt to think of their own way of life as the normal one and to look down on life-styles that differ from it.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)の中(なか)には自分達(じぶんたち)の生活(せいかつ)のしかたを正常(せいじょう)なものと考(かんが)え、異(こと)なる生(い)き方(かた)を見下(みくだ)しがちな人(ひと)がいる。

Romanji

Hitobito no nakani wa jibuntachi no seikatsu no shikata o seijōna mono to kangae, kotonaru ikikata o mikudashigachi na hito ga iru.

Words

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

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

は (は)

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

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

仕方 (しかた)

way; method; means; resource; course

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.

正常 (せいじょう)

normalcy; normality; normal

者 (もの、もん)

person

と (と)

if; when; and; with; particle used for quoting (with speech, thoughts, etc.); quoting particle; promoted pawn; indicates question (sentence end)

考える (かんがえる)

to think about; to take into consideration; to ponder; to reflect; to try to come at a conclusion; to think over (something); to intend; to decide (to do); to plan; to come up with; to devise; to scheme; to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to suspect; to doubt; to consider (somebody to be something); to look on

異なる (ことなる)

to differ; to vary; to disagree

生き方 (いきかた)

way of life; how to live

だ (だ)

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

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

居る (いる)

to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; (after the -te form of a verb) verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing)