人間を行動に駆りたてるもののうち、飢えが恐らく最も強力であろう。

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English Translation

Hunger is perhaps the strongest of all human drives.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)を行動(こうどう)に駆(か)りたてるもののうち、飢(う)えが恐(おそ)らく最(もっと)も強力(きょうりょく)であろう。

Romanji

Ningen o kōdō ni karitateru mono no uchi, ue ga osoraku mottomo kyōryoku de arou.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

human being; person; man; mankind; humankind; character (of a person)

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.

行動 (こうどう)

action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation

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

駆り立てる (かりたてる)

to flush out (game, etc.); to drive (animals); to beat; to hunt down; to urge; to spur on; to push on; to impel

者 (もの、もん)

person

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

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

飢え (うえ)

hunger; starvation

が (が)

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

恐らく (おそらく)

perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say

最も (もっとも、もとも)

most; extremely

強力 (きょうりょく)

powerful; strong