人々の性格は彼らに与え得る、いかなる教えよりも、その職業に基づく。

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English Translation

The character of men depends more on their occupations than on any teaching we can give them.

Furigana

人々(ひとびと)の性格(せいかく)は彼(かれ)らに与(あたえ)え得()る、いかなる教(おし)えよりも、その職業(しょくぎょう)に基(もと)づく。

Romanji

Hitobito no seikaku wa karera ni ataeeru, ikanaru oshie yori mo, sono shokugyō ni motozuku.

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

性格 (せいかく)

character; personality; disposition; nature

は (は)

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

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

与える (あたえる)

to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to grant; to confer; to present; to award; to provide; to afford; to offer; to supply; to assign; to cause; to pass (a variable to a function)

如何なる (いかなる)

any kind of

教え (おしえ)

teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine

より (より)

than; from; out of; since; at; on; except; but; other than; more

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

職業 (しょくぎょう)

occupation; business

基づく (もとづく)

to be grounded on; to be based on; to be due to; to originate from