人間は環境によってつくられるものというよりはむしろ環境をつくり出すものなのである。

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English Translation

Man is not the creature, so much as he is the creator, of circumstances.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)は環境(かんきょう)によってつくられるものというよりはむしろ環境(かんきょう)をつくり出(だ)すものなのである。

Romanji

Ningen wa kankyō niyotte tsukurareru mono to iu yori wa mushiro kankyō o tsukuridasu mono na no de aru.

Words

人間 (にんげん)

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

は (は)

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

環境 (かんきょう)

environment; circumstance

に因って (によって)

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

作る (つくる)

to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train; to till; to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write; to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose; to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found; to have (a child); to make up (one's face, etc.); to fabricate (an excuse, etc.); to form (a line, etc.); to set (a record); to commit (a sin, etc.)

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)

結う (ゆう、いう)

to do up (hair); to braid; to fasten; to fix

より (より)

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

寧ろ (むしろ)

rather; better; instead

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.

作り出す (つくりだす)

to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

だ (だ)

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

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

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...