人間はあまりにも野心的になりすぎると、自分を滅ぼしてしまうことになる。

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English Translation

Man may well, in his attempt to be too ambitious, destroy himself.

Furigana

人間(にんげん)はあまりにも野心的(やしんてき)になりすぎると、自分(じぶん)を滅(ほろ)ぼしてしまうことになる。

Romanji

Ningen wa amarini mo yashinteki ni narisugiru to, jibun o horoboshiteshimau koto ni naru.

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

余りに (あまりに)

too much; excessively; too

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

野心的 (やしんてき)

ambitious; treacherous

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

成る (なる)

to become; to get; to grow; to be; to reach; to attain; to result in; to prove to be; to consist of; to be composed of; to succeed; to be complete; to change into; to be exchanged for; to play a role; to be promoted; to do ...

と (と)

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

自分 (じぶん)

myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself; I; me; you

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.

滅ぼす (ほろぼす)

to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin

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